Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

Pier Paolo Pasolini (director)
Marquis de Sade (novel)
Paolo Bonacelli, Aldo Valletti, Caterina Boratto, Elsa De Giorgi (starring)

Paris: Gamma, 1976. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1975 Italian-French film, with a French mimeo snipe and a "Gamma Diffusion" stamp on the verso.

Pasolini's final film, set during the last days of fascist rule in Italy, and inspired by the writings of the Marquis de Sade, Dante, Friedrich Nietzsche, and others.

Four wealthy, corrupt libertines kidnap a group of teenagers from the Italian countryside to perform violent, sadistic acts of torture on them for four months.

Shot on location throughout Italy.

12 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

BFI 1114. Criterion Collection 17. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema. McPadden, Heavy Metal Movies.


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