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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BiggusGeekus" data-source="post: 1262915" data-attributes="member: 1014">Salo: 120 Days of SodomNo, this is not pr0n.  This was directed by Itallian director Paolo Pasolini in 1975 and was a retelling of the Marqi de Sade's exploits only set in 1944 facsist Italy.  There are some who regard Pasolini as an artistic genius.  A common praise I've heard of Pasoloini:  "he was a poet at age 19!"  My response: "who wasn't?"The story starts off with four Italian facist leaders who -- sensing the demise of their government -- kidnap 16 teenagers and take them to an isolated manor.  There they commit horrible deprivations and torture, all lovingly captured by the camera.  Between the tortures, they sip congiac and philosophize on the virtues of facism.  An aged prostitute eggs them on and relates stories of lusty torture from her childhood.Its completely horrible.  At one point I had to leave the room to dryheave over the commode.  The movie ended and I was numb.  Unenlighted, unchanlleged, and desperately in need of several very strong drinks.Commonly I pique the interest of someone when I talk about this movie.  They imagine themselves to be arty or dark or something I don't know what.  All I can tell you is that a buddy of mine saw this in an arthouse theater filled with people wearing black and by the end of the movie he was one of about five people remaining in the theater.  It isn't artsy.  It's bad.</blockquote>