Salo, Or The 120 Days of Sodom/Fun Facts
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< Salo, Or The 120 Days of Sodom
- Based on The Marquis de Sade's infamous novel The 120 Days of Sodom.
- Salò was the seat of government of the Italian Social Republic, a Nazi Germany puppet state that existed from 1943-1945. Pier Paolo Pasolini's brother died there during World War II. The events depicted in the film didn't happen, but Pasolini sought to draw a parallel between de Sade's 18th Century France, Italy in the 1940s, and the modern world.
- The film was banned in the following countries:
- Italy, later re-rated "VM18."
- Ireland, never re-rated.
- Finland, later re-rated "K-18."
- Malaysia, later re-rated "18."
- Norway (1976-2003), re-rated "18" (2005)
- West Germany, later re-rated "18."
- The film has been interpreted as an attack on heterosexuality, fast food (the infamous shit-eating scene), and on the audience themselves, in the event that any of them might enjoy the horrors presented or identify with the libertines.
- Pasolini was murdered shortly before the film's release.
