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Old 05-26-2009, 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by siorai View Post
Salo: 120 Days of Sodom. The first time watching it was pretty intense and disturbing. The message of movie (my own interpretation and Pasolini's) didn't hit me at first. I was too overcome by what was happening on the screen to actually appreciate why it was happening. After watching it a couple more times and reading through the book that came with the Criterion re-release, I have to say that while I won't exactly watch this movie on a weekly basis, I do appreciate it on a whole other level.
That flick can be interpreted a number of ways. I'm not sure what side of the fence I sit on to be honest. Part of me sees it as a total art wank excuse to live out some Pedophile fantasy while part of me sees it as an attack on authority and shows how "absolute power corrupts absolutely".
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