That will make the price go up! At least is good to know that they are working on getting the rights again.

I do. And I'm not selling it. It makes a fantastic dowry, don't you think?

So you're one of the lucky 2,000.

I have the Criterion Salo ever since it came out. I found it languishing on a DVD shelf somewhere on a Virgin Megastore, back in the days when people didn't even know what DVDs were, let alone Criterion.

Oh, and I'm always short on cash when DVDs are concerned. Or at least, I force myself to believe in that, so that I don't buy them more than I can afford to. You should do the same.

I have an original Salò which I've held on to because I think it's a brilliant film that deserves to be in print. I mean, if I can go out today and buy a copy of The Dukes of Hazzard (both the movie and the first four seasons of the tv show), I should be able to buy this film. I feel confident that Criterion will put out a comprehensive package on this one.

Salo is hugely overrated. I managed to see it at a rep screening a few years ago and aside from the grossout factor, I didn't see what the fuss all about. I'd rather Critierion bring some other Pasolini titles to DVD before reviving Salo.

Wow! You know there so many extras they could include (Commentary, documentaries, interviews) in a 2-disc edition. Needs a much better quality re-release.

It's hardly a universally acknowledged classic. Most people seem to hate it.


Hooray! Didn't take long.

Why do you guys think the remedy has to do with Salo?

I thought it meant they will prevent a similar rights problem from happening again in the future.

I love the word "near" in that sentence.

I bought Salo just as it was discontinued. Really debated on selling it (it is a a pretty shitty DVD) but held onto it. Even though I could get a pretty penny for it now I guess the collector in me gets more of a kick out of owning it and I'd just blow the $200-$300 on something stupid anyways. Same thing with that Little Shop of Horrors DVD with the alternate ending (though I'm not sure how much demand there is for that one, if any.) Even if there was a re-release I'd still hold onto it.

I thought the same at first, but this doesn't really make sense, does it? I mean, how are they going to stop rights from being janked away?

If I knew a rerelease was coming for sure I would sell my copy of Salo in a heartbeat.

They should make it part of a box set, a la the re-issue of Playtime.

it would certainly make a nice 4-film set with the Trilogy of Life, but that's never gonna happen. Not to completely derail the discussion, but when the hell is MGM going to issue Canterbury Tales and Arabian Nights?

If ever a film needed context and critical analysis, it is Salò, so I hope that Criterion is able to re-visit their previous barebones release and make it right. Given Salò's infamy, the 'Holy Grail' status of the CC edition, and the morbid curiosity aroused by frequent online discussion, I'd expect a new CC edition to sell like hotcakes.

I also own a good looking bootleg. One of my favs. I'm hoping that someone will re-visit 120 Days of Sodom, but with Bush Officials in the place of the Libertines.

they have. It was called Abu Ghraib.

Yeah, but maybe showing the American Public a Bush Character raping teen girls and boys would make them come to their senses about what Bush is doing to this country. They don't seem to be all that upset about torture at Abu Ghraib.

You mean Sony has it? Fuck!!! Look at what they are doing to their foreign films and catalog titles and you will see that the probabilities of Salo being re-released are very, very low.


There is a demand on the SE containing the alternate ending, but in the HTF chat, WB said that they want to revisit the film to do a new DVD.

Are you sure that Sony has the rights now? For some reason that doesn't seem right.

I was under the impression that the rights were controlled by the Pasolini Foundation.

Sony bought MGM, so they are the owners of the entire catalog by default, but i agree with Kinjitsu; I thought that the Pasolini foundation owned all of his films.

That's what I thought. It would also explain the limited 2,000 pressings.

I was under the impression that MGM had the rights. They put out a DVD of Decameron a couple years ago that's still in print. It's got a beautiful transfer. It came out shortly after I saw new prints of all three Trilogy of Life films plus Salo at the Siskel Center in Chicago and thought that MGM owned all of them.