I did some research on cast after recently watching the film and the actor on the poster that was mainly advertised (Franco Merli) wasn’t able to find any work after shooting the film and the rest of the cast just kind of went into hiding. 15 years after the film, at age 33, he was interviewed and talked about working with Palo and how he was discovered etc. He’s now 64, apparently working in a bank and has two sons. That’s the only cast member was able to get a hold on. Reading a John Waters interview on his talking about the film, he mentioned that there were two girls from the film who were able to be tracked down but they didn’t reveal much because it was at the time of the movies release and I’m assuming they didn’t want to draw too much attention to themselves.
There is a little known actor in Salo, Paolo Bonacelli, one of the four fascists villains, the bearded one. He played the Turkish snitch in Midnight Express and the priest in Jim Jarmusch’s Night On Earth. I don’t know how he managed to keep going with his career after Salo, but he is a great actor regardless.
@@rodrigovalerosancho2234 Yes, Bonacelli was a professional actor, who enjoyed a screen career both before and after his participation in this film. Two actresses who played the madams, Caterina Boratto (Signora Castelli) and Elsa De Giorgi (Signora Maggi) were old veterans of Italian cinema before they were cast by Pasolini, with Boratto seen in two of Federico Fellini's works, his 1963 masterpiece '8 1/2' and his 1965 feature 'Juliet of the Spirits'. The other narrating madam, Signora Vaccari, was played by Hélène Surgère, a professional French actress who was dubbed by Laura Betti for the Italian version of the film, while the pianist was played by Sonia Saviange, another French thespian who was sister to film director Paul Vecchiali and had appeared earlier in 'Femmes femmes', directed by her brother, alongside Surgère; indeed, the lines of the little French skit the pianist and Signora Vaccari perform together was lifted directly from 'Femmes femmes'. One of the young men playing a male victim, Antonio Orlando, appeared almost a decade later in a major role in the arthouse feature 'The Rose King' (filmed in 1984 but released in 1986), directed by German director Werner Schroeter on location in Portugal.
This film is a loose adaptation of Marquis de Sade's 1785 novel (The 120 Days of Sodom AKA School of Libertinage). This is purely hypothetical! But there could be a chance that one of the main insperations for the novel...May had something to do with the personal experiences ''Marquis de Sade'' had while he was imprisoned. Even though he had no legal charge brought against him. The time de Sade served was divided between facilities such as the ''Château de Vincennes'', ''The Bastille'', and the ''Charenton asylum'' where he died. Durning that time...The French prison system was extremely harsh. Inmates were regularly caged and chained, often in places like cellars and closets. Jails” were often dark, squalid,, and rife with disease. Inmates were often left naked and all types of abuse was common.
only a gigantic moralist, with the piercing views of Pasolini could visualise such a metaphor of the perversity of Power (Religious, Economical , Political). One of the most political movie ever conceived and realised.
Salò is one of my favourite films of all time, it's my 5th favourite. Like you said, it's about italian Fascism. It's about Fascism during the first half of the 20th century and encapsulates the core perversion of Fascism, what it allows humans with power to do to other humans. It's supposed to shock because this is about real life. It may be "shocking" to american audiences because, with all honesty, A LOT of americans are uneducated on world history. I'm portuguese, my country was under a fascist dictatorship for most of the 20th century. They tortured and killed people like this. It happened here, in Spain, Italy, Germany, Hungary, Brazil, Japan, Greece and many more countries across the world, still happens to this day under other dictatorships.
It uses fascist characters and ideology, yes, but as an allegory for consumerism and unregulated capitalism. Pasolini believed mass consumerism was destroying every place's unique culture. People are depicted being forced to eat shit because Pasolini believed the processed mass-market food being sold everywhere was shit that people were happily eating. The libertines could be said to represent corporate power, and how society was increasingly being run by a small circle of wealthy elite pseudo-intellectuals. His predictions came true. Both American and European economies are set up to benefit the wealthy; obesity and diabetes have increased exponentially because of of processed food; the wealthy run and own everything, leaving individuals no path to bettering their lives. We are all stuck eating shit while wealthy capitalists sit back and congratulate themselves on being masters of the world.
I really like your explanation of the why the film is so shocking. I’m from the USA, I feel sheltered and privileged for not understanding fascism. But that makes sense why the film is so graphic.
Unfortunately the DVD and blue ray has been cut ... I seen this flim years ago. At a old shaddy cinema. They had protesters out the frount with signs protesteting that they wanted this independent shady cinema to stop showing this . A few parts have been cut from what I remember seeing years ago..
There's a Korean anthology movie called If You Were Me. One short film is a boy having his tongue cut by his mom to make it a centimeter or two longer so he can speak English better. Closest I ever came to walking out of a movie.
From what I gather they had a lot of fun making this film and particularly over the fact that the shit was actually the finest Swiss chocolate money could buy. Pasolini had plans for another film after this so this is not the final word. I gather he was murdered by a group of people after trying to pick one of them up for sex. Its based on a book by the Marquis De Sade which is even worse though also boring as it just ends up as a catalogue of abusive behaviour.
The director was murdered because of the very lack of understanding shown in this video right here. Some people shouldn't be allowed anywhere near art. Their opinions spread like disease and does nothing to elevate it.
He was murdered because the bastards portrayed in the film were similar to the politicians in then contemporary "democratic" Italy. It makes perfect sense. Why would you even want power if you're not a psychopath and pedophile.
The masterpiece of the disturbing movies. I regret to watched it, but at the same time it has something fascinating unlike most of the others shocking movies. That is my opinion
I've read plenty of reviews about this movie, and most of them say the same thing... Don't watch it. Those kids deserve to get justice in a toned down remake.
Let me know what other movies I should cover!
@@sneed1162 definitely will, its a crazy film with an insane story behind it!
Slaughter vomit dolls trilogy?
Caligula (1979)
Deadgirl (2008)
Victim (2010)
Great video. The audio is clear and is just edited and done very well
ong this is a clean ass vid no cap
Thank you! Glad to hear that
I did some research on cast after recently watching the film and the actor on the poster that was mainly advertised (Franco Merli) wasn’t able to find any work after shooting the film and the rest of the cast just kind of went into hiding.
15 years after the film, at age 33, he was interviewed and talked about working with Palo and how he was discovered etc. He’s now 64, apparently working in a bank and has two sons. That’s the only cast member was able to get a hold on.
Reading a John Waters interview on his talking about the film, he mentioned that there were two girls from the film who were able to be tracked down but they didn’t reveal much because it was at the time of the movies release and I’m assuming they didn’t want to draw too much attention to themselves.
There is a little known actor in Salo, Paolo Bonacelli, one of the four fascists villains, the bearded one. He played the Turkish snitch in Midnight Express and the priest in Jim Jarmusch’s Night On Earth. I don’t know how he managed to keep going with his career after Salo, but he is a great actor regardless.
@@rodrigovalerosancho2234 Yes, Bonacelli was a professional actor, who enjoyed a screen career both before and after his participation in this film. Two actresses who played the madams, Caterina Boratto (Signora Castelli) and Elsa De Giorgi (Signora Maggi) were old veterans of Italian cinema before they were cast by Pasolini, with Boratto seen in two of Federico Fellini's works, his 1963 masterpiece '8 1/2' and his 1965 feature 'Juliet of the Spirits'. The other narrating madam, Signora Vaccari, was played by Hélène Surgère, a professional French actress who was dubbed by Laura Betti for the Italian version of the film, while the pianist was played by Sonia Saviange, another French thespian who was sister to film director Paul Vecchiali and had appeared earlier in 'Femmes femmes', directed by her brother, alongside Surgère; indeed, the lines of the little French skit the pianist and Signora Vaccari perform together was lifted directly from 'Femmes femmes'.
One of the young men playing a male victim, Antonio Orlando, appeared almost a decade later in a major role in the arthouse feature 'The Rose King' (filmed in 1984 but released in 1986), directed by German director Werner Schroeter on location in Portugal.
This film is a loose adaptation of Marquis de Sade's 1785 novel (The 120 Days of Sodom AKA School of Libertinage). This is purely hypothetical! But there could be a chance that one of the main insperations for the novel...May had something to do with the personal experiences ''Marquis de Sade'' had while he was imprisoned. Even though he had no legal charge brought against him. The time de Sade served was divided between facilities such as the ''Château de Vincennes'', ''The Bastille'', and the ''Charenton asylum'' where he died. Durning that time...The French prison system was extremely harsh. Inmates were regularly caged and chained, often in places like cellars and closets. Jails” were often dark, squalid,, and rife with disease. Inmates were often left naked and all types of abuse was common.
Here from tiktok. Subbed already and am very interested to watch this channel grow. A niche that i am a HUGE fan of. Great video by the way.
Thank you! Can't wait to do more long form reviews so hopefully you find some new movies from this!
The poo eating made me physically sick.
When a disturbing movie picks up the phone: Salò?
lol
The book is by far worse. I fainted while reading it.
You’re a legit panzey
damn bro
@@TaylorQuinn777 it’s a little too much, but the book is WAY more disturbing…….
@@TaylorQuinn777and you enjoy c-p so who’s really winning here, weirdo
The book is 100 times worse i agree
only a gigantic moralist, with the piercing views of Pasolini could visualise such a metaphor of the perversity of Power (Religious, Economical , Political). One of the most political movie ever conceived and realised.
Salò is one of my favourite films of all time, it's my 5th favourite. Like you said, it's about italian Fascism. It's about Fascism during the first half of the 20th century and encapsulates the core perversion of Fascism, what it allows humans with power to do to other humans. It's supposed to shock because this is about real life. It may be "shocking" to american audiences because, with all honesty, A LOT of americans are uneducated on world history. I'm portuguese, my country was under a fascist dictatorship for most of the 20th century. They tortured and killed people like this. It happened here, in Spain, Italy, Germany, Hungary, Brazil, Japan, Greece and many more countries across the world, still happens to this day under other dictatorships.
It uses fascist characters and ideology, yes, but as an allegory for consumerism and unregulated capitalism. Pasolini believed mass consumerism was destroying every place's unique culture. People are depicted being forced to eat shit because Pasolini believed the processed mass-market food being sold everywhere was shit that people were happily eating. The libertines could be said to represent corporate power, and how society was increasingly being run by a small circle of wealthy elite pseudo-intellectuals. His predictions came true. Both American and European economies are set up to benefit the wealthy; obesity and diabetes have increased exponentially because of of processed food; the wealthy run and own everything, leaving individuals no path to bettering their lives. We are all stuck eating shit while wealthy capitalists sit back and congratulate themselves on being masters of the world.
I really like your explanation of the why the film is so shocking. I’m from the USA, I feel sheltered and privileged for not understanding fascism. But that makes sense why the film is so graphic.
It sounds like a painful end for the director. Ironic...
Visually, i expected more, so it went pretty slow for me and it was personally boring... the idea behind it is pretty terrifying though.
yeah i feel you, this movie definitely can be overhyped
More? More than this there is a Serbian movie. It is a movie for issued persons. Hope u didn’t seen it
Unfortunately the DVD and blue ray has been cut ... I seen this flim years ago. At a old shaddy cinema. They had protesters out the frount with signs protesteting that they wanted this independent shady cinema to stop showing this . A few parts have been cut from what I remember seeing years ago..
What parts do you remember being cut? I watched it on my PC.
Love your tik tok, saved so many to go back and watch the film. Subbed already!
Glad to hear it! Hope you like the movies! I try to talk, at least on my tiktok, about more unknown ones!
There's a Korean anthology movie called If You Were Me. One short film is a boy having his tongue cut by his mom to make it a centimeter or two longer so he can speak English better. Closest I ever came to walking out of a movie.
You should do the movie Concrete which is based on the horrific murder and torture of Junko Furuta
ive heard of the case but havent seen that so ill have to check it out!
From what I gather they had a lot of fun making this film and particularly over the fact that the shit was actually the finest Swiss chocolate money could buy. Pasolini had plans for another film after this so this is not the final word. I gather he was murdered by a group of people after trying to pick one of them up for sex. Its based on a book by the Marquis De Sade which is even worse though also boring as it just ends up as a catalogue of abusive behaviour.
The real eyes wide shut
Do you have a Creepypasta channel? You sound familiar 🤔
There's a character in the movie that jumps out of a window to their death. That's what I felt like after I was done watching. 😱😱😱😱
I came here from Tiktok! Love your channel!
Thank you so much! Glad youre here hope you like the longer vids!
I thought personally it was dull, depressing, depraved and such a horrible subject matter.
Ub you forgot to tell us your explaination on why a film like this does exist
Never heard of it before but it doesn't look like a good idea.
Fantastic review. Can’t say i enjoyed the film but I find the social/political messages rather fascinating.
Thank you! I definitely understand that though. I think the history and message of this film is arguable more interesting than the film itself.
whats the point made by the movie? Could you explain the message?
Amazing.
This is how thee fallen angels get their kicks.
The director was murdered because of the very lack of understanding shown in this video right here. Some people shouldn't be allowed anywhere near art. Their opinions spread like disease and does nothing to elevate it.
He was murdered because the bastards portrayed in the film were similar to the politicians in then contemporary "democratic" Italy. It makes perfect sense. Why would you even want power if you're not a psychopath and pedophile.
Bro director was also pedo
@@dawnberkowitz Maybe. Still had a valid point with the movie.
@@francisdec1615 dunt know it's seems like his fantasies after knowing that he is pedo too
@@francisdec1615 Out of curisity, whats the point made by the movie?
Nice to see that Danny Masterson is getting work again 😂😂😂
Is that really Danny Masterson?
I definitely see a resemblance.
I don't know about "the right to exist" with this one. If I owned the only copy of this film in the entire world...I would 100% burn it.
So weak all of you?????
The masterpiece of the disturbing movies. I regret to watched it, but at the same time it has something fascinating unlike most of the others shocking movies. That is my opinion
Especially how the director got murdered after
gunna tell my kids this is saltburn
Who would let their kids star in a film like this?
They're probably young looking 18 year olds
People would do anything for money. Probably their parents don't know and the kids see it as pocket money
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Same
Sodom: my favourite thrash metal band
I've read plenty of reviews about this movie, and most of them say the same thing... Don't watch it. Those kids deserve to get justice in a toned down remake.
Good content but your voice is difficult to listen to - hard to stay awake listening to this video
Ur brave for watching this movie
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It would've been better if the camera stayed on the movie cause it gives you a better idea than showing yourself