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Salo AKA Salo, or The 120 Days of Sodom AKA Salo o le 120 giornate di Sodoma (Blu-ray) (1975)
The controversial poet, novelist, and filmmaker's transposition of the Marquis de Sade's eighteenth-century opus of torture and degradation to 1944 Fascist Italy.Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:"Salo: Yesterday and Today" documentary featuring archival footage of director Pier Paolo Pasolini and interviews with filmmaker and longtime Pasolini collaborator Jean-Claude Biette, and actors Helene Surgere and Ninetto Davoli (33:17)
"Fade to Black" 2001 documentary exploring the ongoing relevance and power of Pasolini's masterpiece (23:23)
"The End of Salo" 2008 featurette with 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 (39:47)
Interview with Production Designer Dante Ferretti (11:28)
Interview with Filmmaker/Film Scholar Jean-Pierre Gorin (27:06)
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Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:1080p 24fps AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):Italian LPCM 1.0
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:2K restoration transfer from a 35mm interpositive.
Includes an 80-page liner notes booklet featuring new essays by Neil Bartlett, Catherine Breillat, Naomi Greene, Sam Rohdie, Roberto Chiesi, and Gary Indiana, and excerpts from Gideon Bachmann’s on-set diary. -
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Extras:DISC ONE (Blu-ray)
* The Film
"Ostia - The Death of Pasolini" by Coil (6:54)
Trailer (4:09)
DISC TWO (DVD)
"Open Your Eyes!" 2008 featurette with footage of Pasolini and his actors at work on the set of "Salò" (21:13)
"Walking With Pasolini" 2008 documentary featuring Neil Bartlett, David Forgacs, Noam Chomsky, and Craig Lapper (21:13)
"Fade to Black" 2001 documentary exploring the ongoing relevance and power of Pasolini's masterpiece (23:36)
"Ostia" 1987 short film about Pasolini starring Derek Jarman (25:40, with optional audio commentary by director Julian Cole)
"Whoever Says the Truth Will Die" 1981 documentary on the life and death of Pasolini (58:16) -
Subtitles:English, English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:1080p 24fps AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Extras on Disc One are in HD.
Includes both English and Italian opening credit sequences which plays separately before the film depending which version is selected.
The DVD is PAL format, Region 4. -
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Extras:DISC ONE (Blu-ray)
* The Film
German Theatrical Trailer (2:28)
Italian Theatrical Trailer (3:59)
DISC TWO (DVD Copy)
* The Film
DISC THREE (Blu-ray)
"Salo, or This Is Not Censorship" documentary (101:24)
"The Gentle Radical - Pier Paolo Pasolini" 2005 ZDF documentary (35:25) -
Subtitles:German
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:1080p 24fps AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 dual mono
German DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 dual mono -
Case type:Special Case
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Notes:The documentaries are in Italian with German subtitles.
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Extras:DISC ONE (Blu-ray)
* The Film
"Ostia - The Death of Pasolini" by Coil (6:54)
Theatrical Trailer (4:09)
DISC TWO (DVD)
"Open Your Eyes" 2008 featurette with footage of Pasolini and his actors at work on the set of "Salò" (21:13)
"Walking with Pasolini" 2008 documentary featuring Neil Bartlett, David Forgacs, Noam Chomsky, and Craig Lapper (21:13)
"Fade to Black" 2001 documentary exploring the ongoing relevance and power of Pasolini's masterpiece (23:26)
"Ostia" 1987 short film about Pasolini starring Derek Jarman (25:40, with optional audio commentary by director Julian Cole)
"Whoever Says the Truth Will Die" 1981 documentary on the life and death of Pasolini (58:16) -
Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:1080p 24fps AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):Italian LPCM 2.0 Dual Mono
English LPCM 2.0 Dual Mono -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Includes a booklet with a newly commissioned essay by Sam Rohdie, Sight & Sound article by Gideon Bachmann, 1979 review of the film by Gilbert Adair, James Ferman letter to the Director of Public Prosecutions, credits, Pasolini biography.
Disc 2 is a standard definition DVD and is region 2 encoded.
Also available in a 3-disc Dual Format Edition which also includes a DVD copy of the main disc.
The Blu-ray and bonus DVD are also part of the 6 film 7 disc "Pasolini Six Films 1968 - 1975" which includes "Theorem", "Medea", "The Decameron", "Canterbury Tales", "Arabian Nights", and "Salo". -
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
Audio Commentary by film historian Kat Ellinger
Italian Theatrical Trailer (4:07)
DISC TWO
"The End of Salò" 2008 featurette with 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 (41:32)
"OSTIA (The Death of Pasolini) by Coil" the band's 1986 track with video accompaniment from 2008 (6:53)
"Open Your Eyes!" 2008 featurette with footage of Pasolini and his actors at work on the set of "Salò" (21:24)
"Walking with Pasolini" 2008 documentary featuring Neil Bartlett, David Forgacs, Noam Chomsky, and Craig Lapper (22:06)
"Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die" 1981 documentary on the life and death of Pasolini (60:41)
"Fade to Black" 2001 documentary exploring the ongoing relevance and power of Pasolini's masterpiece (24:26)
"Ostia" 1987 short film about Pasolini starring Derek Jarman (26:46, with optional audio commentary by director Julian Cole)
"Enfants de Salò" 2009 featurette in which French filmmakers including Gasper Noé deconstruct Salò (19:15) -
Subtitles:English, English HoH (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:1080p 24fps AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0
English DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:2K restoration transfer from a 35mm interpositive.
Included with the first pressing only is a booklet with introduction by Sam Rohdie, reviews, BBFC correspondence exploring the film's troubled history, stills and on-set photographs -
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OVERALL: Draw
Criterion, BFI 2019, and Austrian edition all have exclusive extras.
Please see this page on the CriterIon website for a detailed discussion of the additional scene on the UK BFI and Australian Shock editions. -
CUTS:
- Blu-ray A #17 America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (116:43).
- Blu-ray B Australia- Shock - No cuts - Includes an additional 17-second sequence where one of the masters quotes a poem by Gottfried Benn (116:38).
- Blu-ray B Austria- Euro Video - No cuts (116:43).
- Blu-ray B 2008 Edition United Kingdom- British Film Institute - No cuts - Includes an additional 17-second sequence where one of the masters quotes a poem by Gottfried Benn (116:38).
- Blu-ray B 2019 Edition United Kingdom- British Film Institute - No cuts - Includes an additional 17-second sequence where one of the masters quotes a poem by Gottfried Benn (116:58).
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Comparison added by Samuel_Scott on 23/10/08
Comparison last updated by Eric_Cotenas on 26/09/19UPDATE LOG:
13/04/15 : Additions of the US, Australia, Austria editions, updated UK runtimes, added ASIN, note on the 3-disc, added DVDBeaver and Capsaholic links, information on the additional scene.
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26/09/19 : Added BFI 2019 edition.
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