It’s not an exaggeration to say that Sal ò’s only moments of calm are its opening and closing credits, though the latter’s more apt to serve as the background noise for one’s inability to pick his or her jaw off the floor.īased on the Marquis de Sade’s 1785 book The 120 Days Of Sodom, Sal ò’s plot is skeletal: Four powerful Italian men kidnap nine teenage boys and nine teenager girls, trap them in a huge mansion, and wreak unholy havoc on them for four months. From top to bottom, notorious Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini’s relentless “statement” film subjects the viewer to uncompromising cruelty, nastiness, and escalating grotesqueries. Some unbearably scathing flicks, including several on this here countdown, parcel their shocks throughout the course of their running time Sal ò, however, never steps out for air.
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