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Salò
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Directed by: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Featuring: Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Umberto P. Quintavalle, Aldo Valletti, Caterina Boratto, Elsa De Giorgi, Helene Surgere, Sonia Saviange
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 new restoration. The content and imagery of Salò is extreme: it retains the power to shock, repel and distress. But it remains a cinematic milestone: culturally significant, politically vital and visually stunning.
Based on a novel by the Marquis de Sade - and taking as its 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.
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Technical Specifications
Format:
Blu-ray
Discs:
BD-50 (2 Discs)
Total: 2 Discs
Regions:
B (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85:1
Audio Options:
English DTS-HD MA Mono 1.0
Italian DTS-HD MA Mono 1.0
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Documentary, Theatrical Trailer, Short Film, Featurette, Audio Commentary
- Newly recorded audio commentary by Kat Ellinger, author, film critic, columnist and editor-in-chief for Diabolique magazine
- The End of Salò (2008, 40mins): actors Antinisca Nemour and Paolo Bonacelli, screenwriter Pupi Avati, production designer Dante Ferretti, assistant director Fiorella Infascelli, assistant editor Ugo Maria De Rossi and others, discuss the film's production history and Pasolini's legacy and tragic death.
- ‘OSTIA (The Death of Pasolini)’ Coil’s 1986 track with video accompaniment from 2008
- Open Your Eyes! (2008, 22 mins), Pasolini and his actors at work on the set of Salò
- Walking with Pasolini (2008, 22 mins): documentary featuring Neil Bartlett, David Forgacs, Noam Chomsky and Craig Lapper
- Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die (1981, 61 mins) the classic documentary on the life and death of Pasolini
- Salò: Fade to Black (2001, 24 mins): documentary exploring the ongoing relevance and power of Pasolini's masterpiece
- Ostia (1987, 27 mins): a short film about Pasolini starring Derek Jarman with optional director's commentary
- Enfants de Salò (2009, 18 mins): French filmmakers including Gaspar Noé deconstruct Salò
- Original Italian trailer
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