The Cult Clssics Reviews: Salo, o 120 dias de Sodoma

I remember seeing a preview for Paolo Pasolini’s controversial film, “Salo, o 120 dias de Sodoma” where one of the reviews said, “The best advice I can give for seeing Salo:  Don’t see it.”  I would say that’s pretty accurate.

If you don’t feel absolutely violated, disgusted, dirty, and depressed after watching it, then odds are you just don’t have a soul.  Salo takes just about every taboo and psychological disturbance possible and brings it out in the full open, making for the most horrific movie experience you will ever sit through.  

An Analytical and Cultural Review of Cult Classics

 

Within the next few weeks, I will be reviewing some of the most controversial, thought-provoking, and well-known cult classics in context of their social impact and the message they’re trying to send (if any).

These will range from the campy to the heartbreaking.  Below is a list of the first few movies being reviewed, check back tomorrow for the first one (“Kids”) and in the coming weeks for more!  I’m going to try to do one or two a week.  And please comment!  I’d love suggestions, and discussions about the movies being reviewed.  If it repulsed you, let me know.  If it changed your life, then definitely let me know.  Either way, I’d love to have a dialogue going about the films being discussed.

And now, in order, are the films being reviewed:

1) Kids

2) Salo, or 120 Days of Sodomy

3) Showgirls

4) The Doom Generation

5) Female Trouble

If you have any suggestions, please leave them in the comments!! I’m open to anything.