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“]SALO

A Film by Pier Paolo Pasolini

Banned, censored and reviled the world over since its release, Pasolini’s final and most controversial masterpiece is presented here fully uncut and uncensored in a brand new restoration. The content and imagery of Salo is extreme: it retains the power to shock, repel and distress. But it remains a cinematic milestone: culturally significant, politically vital, visually stunning.

Based on a novel by the Marquis de Sade – and taking as it setting the miniature fascist republic which Mussolini established in 1944 in Italy – this is a film about power, corruption, and the degradation of the human body. It is a devastating, angry cry from one of the most controversial auteurs in cinema history

Extra Features:

• Presented in both High Definition and Standard Definition
• Includesd both Italian-language and English-language versions
• ‘Ostia-The Death of Pasolini’ by Coil – the band’s 1986 track with a new video accompaniment
• Original Italian trailer
• ‘Open Your Eyes!’ (2008, 21 mins), Pasolini at work on the set of Salo
• ‘Walking with Pasolini’ (2008) Robert Purvis’ new documentary exploring the meaning and impact of Pasolinis film, with Neil Bartlett, David Forgacs, Noam Chomsky and Craig Lapper (Chief Examiner, BBFC)
• ‘Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die’ (1981, 58 mins) the classic documentary on the life and death of Pasolini.
• ‘Fade to Black’ (2001, 24 mins – a documentary discussing the ongoing relevance and power of Pasolini’s masterpiece.
• Ostia (1987, 26 mins) – a short film about Pasolini’s last days, starring Derek Jarman
• Illustrated booklet containing a new introduction to Salo by Sam Rohdie, Gideon Bachmann’s on-set diaries, reviews and correspondence exploring the film’s troubled history, illustrated with stills and on-set photographs.