Chilling cruelty of 'Salò' still potent after 33 years

Document author(s):

Dennis Lim

Document source:

Los Angeles Times

Publication date:

2008 Aug 24

Document language:

English

Document type:

review

Number of pages:

1

Document contains:

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Related films:

Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma (Salo, or the 120 days of Sodom) — Pasolini, Pier Paolo — Italy; France — 1975

Film country(ies):

France and Italy

Film language(s):

Italian

Film production company:

Productions Artistes Associés, Les, Produzioni Europee Associati, United Artists Corporation, and Zebra Film Productions

Film genre(s):

Adaptation, Drama, Feature, and Horror

Film subject(s):

Fascism -- Italy -- 1944-1945 -- Drama
Italy -- History -- 1944-1945 -- Drama
Sade, marquis de, 1740-1814 -- Film and video adaptations
Sadism -- Drama
Torture -- Drama

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