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. Ten vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1975 Italian-French film. Provenance labels and layout annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the versos.

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. Pier Paolo 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.

Shot on location throughout Italy.

Seven 9.75 x 6.75 inches, two approximately 9.75 x 6.25 inches. Near Fine.

BFI 1114. Criterion Collection 17. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema.


[Book #172065]