Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom is the best awful movie

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  • Опубликовано: 12 дек 2024

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  • @TheWeekIReview
    @TheWeekIReview  4 года назад +220

    Hello from the 2020 Quarantine! Because this video has been picking up steam recently, I thought it would be good to add actual subtitles instead of the auto-generated ones, and I just gotta say... gosh I'm annoying. Especially for the first two and a half minutes. I totally get why most folks don't make it that far, but it's unfortunate, because I do think it gets better after that.
    In my defense, this video was done within the first six months of the channel, and there have been some changes, perhaps the most useful of which is a substantially faster talking speed, which this video really could have benefited from.
    C'est la vie.

    • @jackd4
      @jackd4 4 года назад +2

      Don’t worry about it bruh

    • @joysihombing7645
      @joysihombing7645 4 года назад

      that is no problem i enjoyed it

    • @MarkGoding
      @MarkGoding 4 года назад +1

      Not a good movie to watch in quarantine.

    • @uiraideszen3223
      @uiraideszen3223 4 года назад

      Indeed.C'est la vie

    • @antony9384
      @antony9384 4 года назад

      You did well pal

  • @iluvdokyeom
    @iluvdokyeom 4 года назад +1142

    lowkey wanna watch it, but i don’t want to get traumatized.
    it’s 2024 y’all and i never watched it lmfao 😭

    • @trevortheramennoodle2135
      @trevortheramennoodle2135 4 года назад +40

      zoey lo don’t worry it was quite boring having to watch a documentary about my life. U might enjoy it tho

    • @n8thegreat445
      @n8thegreat445 4 года назад +61

      @@dawg7896 are you sure. I've seen peoples skin get cut straight off their body and people brains hanging on with their skull cracked open on gross gore and it hasn't really traumatized me in any way. I think I'm a little desensitized but not really traumatized.

    • @bapitalbeleezy6669
      @bapitalbeleezy6669 4 года назад +149

      N8 the Great well u just got problems

    • @alb4477
      @alb4477 4 года назад +44

      N8 the Great Ive seen it. I don’t really get why people consider it the most fucked up movie of all time. Is it fucked up and disturbing? Yes. But I was exposed to more fucked up shit online by the time I was 14 lol.

    • @alb4477
      @alb4477 4 года назад +39

      N8 the Great And you also gotta realize.. it’s just a movie lol. The shit you see online 9/10 is real. That shit fucks me up more than any movie possibly could.

  • @bigjohn7817
    @bigjohn7817 5 лет назад +735

    Just watched salo. I didn't think of Cannibal Holocaust as very disturbing and I thought a Serbian film was a pretty decent movie. Salo just made me sick to my stomach, and I don't get sick very often

    • @lifewithace2780
      @lifewithace2780 5 лет назад +17

      where did you find it

    • @aysber7802
      @aysber7802 5 лет назад +58

      Dude wtf, human centipede 1 made me sick i almost puked in my bed, and that serbian mf movie made me want to scrub my mind and just not remember that shit. 😨😷

    • @Shadowtopia69
      @Shadowtopia69 5 лет назад +71

      I mean, I felt Salo was pretty disturbing, especially since I watched it when I was 13, or 14, but I felt that Salo was able to get its point across without being AS disturbing as A Serbian Film.

    • @TECfan1
      @TECfan1 5 лет назад +18

      Yea. I couldn't bring myself to finish it. Just put me in a really weird head space and I couldn't finish it.

    • @TECfan1
      @TECfan1 5 лет назад +7

      @@lifewithace2780 Google it online. There are streaming vids of it.

  • @Vermilliondoll
    @Vermilliondoll 4 года назад +1123

    Tik tok sent me here cuZ I don’t want to watch the video :3 btw I love how you explained the movie!!tysm

    • @jasminesohal9883
      @jasminesohal9883 4 года назад +7

      lmaooo same

    • @TheWeekIReview
      @TheWeekIReview  4 года назад +18

      Wait... what about Tik Tok?

    • @jasminesohal9883
      @jasminesohal9883 4 года назад +35

      The Week I Review I was scrolling through tiktok and it mentioned some movies that are banned, and this was among one of those movies. My eye was caught by this one, so I searched the movie on RUclips and clicked on your video.

    • @TheWeekIReview
      @TheWeekIReview  4 года назад +13

      Dope.

    • @lolitarockwell
      @lolitarockwell 4 года назад

      The Week I Review vm.tiktok.com/cwwfe3/ there’s the link:)

  • @GigglesDaDevil
    @GigglesDaDevil 5 лет назад +726

    I read the wiki on the film and that was enough

    • @havan8844
      @havan8844 4 года назад +16

      Disturbia they still take place, that’s what the film was made to say that the elites and billionaires around the world do.

    • @killakay7618
      @killakay7618 4 года назад

      I've heard that before 🤣. Most end up watching it. The main point is lost upon you guys.

    • @timsharpe6652
      @timsharpe6652 4 года назад +1

      I won't be watching it 😏

    • @edfer81
      @edfer81 4 года назад +2

      @deggomyeggo it's a leftist thing. You can see that far left sociopath behavior today

    • @GigglesDaDevil
      @GigglesDaDevil 4 года назад +2

      Ed 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 ok ☺️

  • @vanessa9024
    @vanessa9024 4 года назад +353

    I physically felt sick after watching this. My heart rate was up and I felt shacky inside.

    • @TheWeekIReview
      @TheWeekIReview  4 года назад +39

      It's certainly a lot to take in.

    • @vanessa9024
      @vanessa9024 4 года назад +9

      @@TheWeekIReview like tell me what it all means like why did that lady jump out the window and why did I feel bad for the first prostitute who told the story about the priest . the sadness in her eyes . I felt bad for her .

    • @nxj18xbmc
      @nxj18xbmc 4 года назад +10

      It's the only movie that's ever made me actually vomit. My stomach couldn't handle the scene involving coprophagia.

    • @theJaRRoOnE22
      @theJaRRoOnE22 4 года назад

      nxj18xbmc wat ?

    • @scarlettangel6937
      @scarlettangel6937 4 года назад

      @@theJaRRoOnE22 you might want to google it ._.

  • @l3nnyb34r5
    @l3nnyb34r5 4 года назад +1155

    Who’s here from a tik tok on banned movies

    • @TheWeekIReview
      @TheWeekIReview  4 года назад +44

      You're the third to mention it! Could you link me to the Tik Tok? I'm really curious.

    • @woahradical504
      @woahradical504 4 года назад +6

      vm.tiktok.com/31VvuP/ Here ❤️

    • @joedirt2398
      @joedirt2398 4 года назад +3

      To quote him, dont look these up

    • @bennylol4374
      @bennylol4374 4 года назад +1

      vm.tiktok.com/383mro/ here

    • @TheWeekIReview
      @TheWeekIReview  4 года назад +18

      Thank you!
      Having seen all of the movies in that Tik Tok, I disagree. There are far, far worse movies than those. The Devils is amazing, and Freaks is a fascinating film that sadly has had a third of its footage lost to time.
      Antichrist is interesting. (Chaos reigns.)

  • @mahteenbash
    @mahteenbash 3 года назад +96

    Watched this earlier today. Had to binge cartoons to keep myself sane.

  • @TECfan1
    @TECfan1 5 лет назад +317

    Decided to check it out due to my interest in strange or disturbing films. I have seen many horror films and they don't really bother me at all. But, I could not finish this film. Watched a little past the wedding scene and felt physically and mentally sick. Definitely not for the faint of heart.

    • @samuelojochenemisolomon1011
      @samuelojochenemisolomon1011 5 лет назад +1

      can i have the link to download it please

    • @TECfan1
      @TECfan1 5 лет назад +5

      @@samuelojochenemisolomon1011 Just Google it. I found it on "Effed Up Movies" or something like that.

    • @soultrain4549
      @soultrain4549 4 года назад

      @@TECfan1 bruh is it really that bad? what is the part that makes you sick? I'm so fragile ahaha.

    • @TECfan1
      @TECfan1 4 года назад +32

      @@soultrain4549 The entire film is honestly disgusting. Especially if you really think about it, and how things like this probably happen. Yes, it really is that bad. It's just very emotionally draining.

    • @soultrain4549
      @soultrain4549 4 года назад

      @@TECfan1 Thnx bruh, I'll just skip it.

  • @katbianco4107
    @katbianco4107 5 лет назад +223

    how did you do this all in one cut i am so impressed

    • @TheWeekIReview
      @TheWeekIReview  5 лет назад +69

      Teleprompter.

    • @MartinGonzalez-rt5dd
      @MartinGonzalez-rt5dd 9 месяцев назад +2

      John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

  • @egads3696
    @egads3696 4 года назад +176

    Bill Hader recomended this to me, said it was great for date night.

    • @PincheTan
      @PincheTan 4 года назад +11

      I saw it with a date... we don't anymore

    • @vorlinn
      @vorlinn 3 года назад

      You watched that on a date night?????

  • @aylinitzel.
    @aylinitzel. 5 лет назад +88

    I watched back to back review (that also showed censored clips) of Cannibal Holocaust, A Serbian Film, and Salo a few days ago because I doubt I could stomach the films themselves
    But out of all of them I had a Salo themed nightmare just this morning. And I think it’s because I cant get it out of my head how real the situation in Salo felt and how sick it was that it’s likely happened many times throughout history. The situation was so helpless and really one of my greatest fears

    • @TheWeekIReview
      @TheWeekIReview  5 лет назад +17

      Salo I think is the most horrifying of those conceptually, though in practice actually watching it's by far the easiest of the three to stomach. The animal killings in Cannibal Holocaust are rough, and A Serbian Film literally dropped my jaw with how horrible the finale is.

    • @thiefkingparsley576
      @thiefkingparsley576 2 года назад

      i had a dream with the actors' faces in them. salo really sticks with you.

    • @leoalbppri80
      @leoalbppri80 2 года назад

      A Serbian film was the WORST!!!!!

  • @VermillionRedd
    @VermillionRedd 3 года назад +33

    As I watched this movie I came to realize that nobody on this planet is truly good. Evil is all around us. There could be literally sex trafficking victims experiencing something similar towhat those kids expect. I’m traumatized now

    • @Sinsmoke_
      @Sinsmoke_ Год назад +1

      Damn

    • @iStrygwyr
      @iStrygwyr 4 месяца назад

      Yes there is. It's all in the dark web. You will see how evil humans are.

    • @yagomizuma2275
      @yagomizuma2275 Месяц назад

      I don't think there's an horrible person like a salo irl

    • @VermillionRedd
      @VermillionRedd Месяц назад

      @@yagomizuma2275 tbh I made this comment when I was 19 and nihilistic lol. We got P. Diddy at most. Maybe in 3rd world countries idk,

  • @swood5505
    @swood5505 3 года назад +35

    I have an extremely weak stomach due to never having watched a horror movie until about 6 months ago, but explanations of horror films fascinate me... thank you for this!

  • @lazyfoxplays8503
    @lazyfoxplays8503 3 года назад +67

    I just finished watching it.
    I will admit, I cried at the end of it.
    The film is made that you just cannot get a chance to deeply empathize with the victims and forces you to be in a seat where you have no power but to have to engage with the fascists/capitalists.
    It made a feeling of being helpless against power. Having only the ability to ask questions, and be forced to continue things you may not want to do or experience at all.
    It felt like you were observing it happen, and powerless to do anything or save anyone.
    Unlike other “disturbing” movies, where you are immersed, it was almost, for me, like the movie kind of made you a willing participant, and question your own role in it.
    Almost like watching it is its own act of complacency to it.
    Idk. Might just be me trying to make sense of a lot of questions I still have, and I don’t know will ever be able to be answered.
    Instead of being purely viscerally disturbing, it was a, mental and intellectually that I was not ready for.
    Best movie I can never recommend anyone see.
    Also, I’m going through those lists of “most disturbing” movies as well. And I was so confused as to why one of those movies was in a criterion collection.
    Cinematically and artistically wonderfully. I can see why.
    But also, oof. It’s a heavy weight. Close to the same feeling when I visited concentration camps turned into museums.
    Just tough heavy feelings afterwards.

    • @isiso.speenie5994
      @isiso.speenie5994 2 года назад

      Did you notice that the only reason they were acting as sex crazed maniacs was not shown ? They were mainlining cocaine continuously!

    • @MartinGonzalez-rt5dd
      @MartinGonzalez-rt5dd 9 месяцев назад +1

      John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

  • @anaisphoenix-boyd8589
    @anaisphoenix-boyd8589 4 года назад +322

    all my attention was on this guys perfect teeth.

    • @SigmundFreud187
      @SigmundFreud187 4 года назад +1

      Anaïs Phoenix-Boyd if you don’t like it than eat Sh!t than. I bet a crappy smelling breath smells better than a Clean Toothpaste Breath.

    • @raynarounds8957
      @raynarounds8957 4 года назад +11

      He is very pretty and symmetrical

    • @bunnie187
      @bunnie187 4 года назад +6

      @@SigmundFreud187 what

    • @SigmundFreud187
      @SigmundFreud187 4 года назад +1

      @@bunnie187 that’s what was said in Salo the movie.

  • @carculis9207
    @carculis9207 4 года назад +29

    Damn. you can just tell by the look on his face he's seen some shit.

  • @art_theclown_
    @art_theclown_ Год назад +3

    I’ve watched so many reviews on Salo and not gotten much out of it, but your voice is so soothing and you’re one stunning looking man that I don’t even care.

  • @dukeofmars4847
    @dukeofmars4847 2 года назад +7

    "The perfect date movie."
    - Bill Hader

  • @Double-R-Nothing
    @Double-R-Nothing 3 года назад +21

    Salo is one of those movies I feel I can't call myself a film buff without watching, while I also would like to hold on to my sanity.

  • @angelkingsley5299
    @angelkingsley5299 4 года назад +57

    I was not as disturbed as thought I would be. I can smell the shit from the screen though.
    I don’t think it is the grand statement the movie thinks it is. I do think it gives representation of power, fascism, and the dangers of hierarchical structures under capitalism.
    The movie is beautiful, but extremely disgusting. “The ugly can be beautiful...” is extremely true in the movie

    • @BacklTrack
      @BacklTrack Год назад

      These weird child shit sex cults seem to be way more common in western democracies and monarchies allied with western powers than the traditional fashy powers lol

  • @TechnoRain
    @TechnoRain 4 года назад +54

    I chewed on ginger root and watched the entire movie needless to say the ginger helped kill some physical pain

  • @Pc_coconut
    @Pc_coconut 4 года назад +47

    This movie is something. I saw it at a young age and watched it now I can’t forget it

    • @iamfilleg
      @iamfilleg 3 года назад +1

      I just saw it and some scenes seemed really familiar.

    • @sangeovr
      @sangeovr 3 года назад

      @@iamfilleg i can't get it out of my head

    • @iamfilleg
      @iamfilleg 3 года назад +1

      @@sangeovr I watched it again a few weeks ago with a friend. It sure makes an impression. It really feels like the film maker wanted to show the depravity if a godless world. I don’t agree with him in the slightest, but it’s an interesting take.

    • @sangeovr
      @sangeovr 3 года назад

      @@iamfilleg true

  • @sharebear9165
    @sharebear9165 5 лет назад +56

    Thanks for reviewing this without showing images! I like knowing things about films like this, but I don’t have the heart or the stomach to watch scenes even tho I’m genuinely curious 😅

    • @TheWeekIReview
      @TheWeekIReview  5 лет назад +6

      Yeah... I didn't want to get age gated, and there aren't many moments in the entire film to show that wouldn't get me gated.
      This is just an extra benefit!

  • @Kimdrede1
    @Kimdrede1 5 лет назад +123

    12 Minute review and I still have no idea what this movie is about... thanks chief👍

    • @TheWeekIReview
      @TheWeekIReview  5 лет назад +31

      You watched the whole video but didn't read the one-sentence synopsis in the description?
      You're welcome!
      (This is actual a general issue that I have, where I write these things under the assumption that someone would only watch a video about a movie they had some knowledge of. This isn't a good assumption, and it's something I intend to address in the future. So, ya know, fair enough.)

    • @Kimdrede1
      @Kimdrede1 5 лет назад +8

      Touche....

    • @MartinGonzalez-rt5dd
      @MartinGonzalez-rt5dd 9 месяцев назад +2

      John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

    • @LeeoGoneWild
      @LeeoGoneWild 4 месяца назад

      @@TheWeekIReviewwe literally clicked and watched this video to get a synopsis IN THE VIDEO. Why in the world would I watch this video that doesn’t state anything about why you reviewed it this way and have to read a one sentence synopsis? Maybe video reviews aren’t your thing?

  • @reaper2579
    @reaper2579 3 года назад +22

    Imagine the alternative ending where the allied or soviet troops barged in to kill the fascists

    • @paulheydarian1281
      @paulheydarian1281 Год назад

      Isn't that the HollyWood version?

    • @LeeoGoneWild
      @LeeoGoneWild 4 месяца назад

      That sounds boring and very Disney. We have many many many movies like that already.

  • @Nomechinges562
    @Nomechinges562 4 года назад +5

    This movie shows what sadism is and how fucked people in power could really be that’s why the maker of this movie was killed right before it was released the powerful don’t want us to know how weird they truly are and how they view us actually .

  • @myamarie3631
    @myamarie3631 4 года назад +27

    this movie was really hard to sit through, some of the things that happened i could not BELIEVE were happening 😭

  • @wonderlust2177
    @wonderlust2177 3 года назад +9

    Pasolini was murdered (by the mafia) for showing the hobbies of the one percent at the time. Or more likely revenge for the minors he probably traumatized to finish the film.

  • @daveyhavok1708
    @daveyhavok1708 3 года назад +9

    I’m jealous of your ability to articulate. I am curious about your take on Pink Flamingos

  • @Kimdrede1
    @Kimdrede1 5 лет назад +60

    So I just finished watching the movie and it is disgusting however it didn't really evoke any emotion from me... it wasn't dark it's done in a Whimsical way I guess if that makes sense... and yet I don't think I could handle the book... I would think the book has to be really dark especially if you're like me and you mind tends to go to the dark side....

    • @shyjokarz9388
      @shyjokarz9388 5 лет назад

      I'm trying to watch the movie were can I see it ? Also your very pretty nice smile😘

    • @Kimdrede1
      @Kimdrede1 5 лет назад

      @@shyjokarz9388 I just Googled it and something popped up and I clicked on it and it was the movie I didn't download it I just watched it

    • @TheWeekIReview
      @TheWeekIReview  5 лет назад +12

      I think that gets at what one of the other guys who commented on this was saying, which is that it is meant to keep you at a distance and remove the emotion so you can consider its meaning dispassionately. I am also a bit leery of the book, which seems to me more like it will actually genuinely enjoy being grotesque where the film does so as a matter of fact to make its point.

    • @Kimdrede1
      @Kimdrede1 5 лет назад +2

      @@TheWeekIReview well his plan definitely worked!.. what really drove home the point he was trying to make for some strange reason is when the older women was at the dinner table and she said something to the effect of "eat eat they all made this delicious dish for you" and of course you know what that was ...it just kind of drove his point home with me😘

    • @construct3
      @construct3 3 года назад

      @@TheWeekIReview Michel Foucault placed Sade as one of the two kinds of limit literature--unreadable--both because it had been unobtainable (censored) and because his books are so long and repetitious with breaks in the story for long essays opposing natural law, supporting atheism, defending crime, etc. His description is correct. Sade's books could only have been written at the end of the 18th century. I have described Sade as "the end of the Enlightenment"--both as its culmination and its ultimate critique. (I've read about half his books, The 120 Days of Sodom among them.) Philosophically, these books are dynamite capable of destroying everything the Enlightenment stood for. I consider him among the most important philosophers of the 18th century.
      (Foucault's other kind of limit literature was the unavoidable books--the ones that have so many copies printed that there's literally
      enough for most of the population.)
      The 120 Days is an unfinished manuscript Sade thought had been lost or destroyed. It was discovered decades after his death. The first part is completely written out. The remaining three parts are in outline. Is it worth reading? I guess so, but if I were recommending a book for someone new to Sade, I think I'd go with Philosophy in the Bedroom instead.

  • @rodbelding9523
    @rodbelding9523 2 года назад +19

    Honestly Salo is a good starter movie for someone looking to get into extremely messed up films. Its repulsive, but not overwhelming, its watchable. I honestly feel like people exaggerate this movie. The repulsive scenes are few and theyre short. The movie is not 2 hours of nonstop feces consumption like people make it sound.

    • @markmarkson
      @markmarkson 2 года назад +1

      It is a political movie

    • @iStrygwyr
      @iStrygwyr 4 месяца назад

      Yeah they exaggerate it. I thought it was pretty messed up but it's not. It's watchable and boring. I prefer reading the books.

    • @melissamoonchild9216
      @melissamoonchild9216 3 месяца назад +2

      ​@@iStrygwyr ok edgelord 😅

  • @georgesahinidis7994
    @georgesahinidis7994 5 лет назад +74

    I have read the book 120 days of sodom and this guys description of the movie perfectly describes the feeling of the book down to the smallest details (except of course the connections to fascism). I dont want to watch the movie because I would never want to see the things I read in the book depicted in motion picture.

    • @connorlanker5952
      @connorlanker5952 5 лет назад +17

      I'm just gonna be honest with you, the movie is nowhere near as disturbing as the book. The book makes the movie look like nothing.

    • @standafan4141
      @standafan4141 4 года назад +4

      The book is 10 times more disgusting than the book

    • @pietro9845
      @pietro9845 3 года назад

      The movie looks like a family movie compared to the book

    • @ggs27
      @ggs27 3 года назад

      HOW is the book worse than the movie. I haven't watched it, but god

  • @cosmicnous7772
    @cosmicnous7772 4 года назад +90

    We're living in times similar to Noah's time before the flood

    • @Whackadoo1
      @Whackadoo1 3 месяца назад

      People have been saying that since forever.

  • @mlebron20
    @mlebron20 5 лет назад +60

    This film does not translate well into U.S. culture, a reason being the largely simple expectations that Americans bring to their movie viewing experience. I remember seeing it in a theatre on East 57th Street at its initial release in 1975: my girlfriend and I were one of maybe 5 straight couples in the packed auditorium: it was a heavy male S+M crowd. Even then, when one was seeing it against a backdrop of a much stronger art house environment and when one was seeing it in the flow of his other films, it was being poorly read (it is a film that is "read"), it was being read "out of context".
    To understand the film, especially today, some 45 years after its release, you must do a serious dive into the film's intellectual foundation. Fortunately, Pasolini himself helps you with this: read his "In Danger: A Pasolini Anthology". And then see some of Pasolini's other films, particularly the Gospel According to Matthew and The Hawks and The Sparrows.
    Unfortunately, TIWR does not do that work. The bibliography at the beginning of the film is in fact there for a reason. Yes, it is not pretense, and though TIWR sees the clue, he doesn't seize it. This has to be one of the flat-out laziest and dumb-dumber-and-dumbest reviews of any film that I have ever seen. The fact that it is a review of THIS film: heaven help us who sat through this eleven and a half mind-numbing minutes of trite, adolescent observation. A place for him to start to get some actual insight would be to recognize that the feeling that he had of being outside of the film is not from the uncomfortable seats, but from a conscious aesthetic philosophy and practice on the part of the director that was first promulgated by Gramsci and Brecht.
    That said, the Metrograph is a great place to see vintage art house films. It reminds me of the old Bleecker Street and Carnegie Hall Cinemas. There are fewer and fewer art houses left: support them!

    • @TheWeekIReview
      @TheWeekIReview  5 лет назад +28

      Man, this was harder to get through than the movie. ;)
      You're reminding me of a conversation I had with a Korean woman while standing in line at the New York Asian Film Festival a few years ago. She asked me what my favorite Korean movie was, and I told her it was Kang Hyeong-cheol's Sunny, which is my go-to answer in part because it's not necessary untrue but mostly because it was extremely popular in Korea while being a fairly deep cut for a random white dude. She said, "I don't think you can understand that movie."
      And she may well be right.
      But.
      Being probably ignorant to some of the historical nuance of that movie does not diminish my enjoyment of it. And regardless of what you or Pasolini think, I don't feel like I need to understand the entire philosophical canon to say things about this movie. I understand that feeling, particularly since this is an old movie and so this was a more specific choice than, say, reviewing a newer film like Roma might have been. But... as I said in the video, there was less than 36 hours between my recentest viewing and the video going live. That is a function of the way this channel works. There's only so much background I can do in that time, and tbh it was less than both you or I would have liked.
      Where I specifically agree (sort of) with you is re: its Brechtian aesthetic. I think I intended to more directly talk around that idea instead of outright saying "I have heard of Berthold Brecht and see his influence in the direction of this movie" than I ultimately did. When describing Salo to people, I have typically used the word "Voyeuristic" to describe the disconnect that you feel as a direct result of its directorial decisions versus something like A Serbian Film, which puts you in the action directly. I didn't use that word here, and I probably should have while better describing its implications.
      Fair enough.
      But, I have also seen this movie before, and even though I felt distance then, it was hugely magnified in this different setting. I settled into it (perhaps despite Pasolini's best efforts) on my couch in a way I didn't in those seats that I have hated ever since I first went to the Metrograph however many years ago it opened. I could certainly have more artfully articulated the point or expanded upon any number of things... but I didn't. As I said in my outro: I'm sorry that you didn't like it.
      Thanks for watching! :)

    • @Astral_Wave
      @Astral_Wave 4 года назад +8

      You were wearing a beret when you typed that I bet lol

    • @Astral_Wave
      @Astral_Wave 4 года назад +8

      Turtle neck and a scarf too

    • @construct3
      @construct3 3 года назад

      @@TheWeekIReview I thought you did a bang-up job. Okay, so you haven't read Simone de Beauvoir's "Must We Burn Sade?" or Pierre Klossowski's "Sade My Neighbor," and they are, I'm sure, worth reading. (I've only browsed them.) And you're right that however pretentious a bibliography at the end of the opening credits might be, it's not gratuitous; it's there for a reason.
      And okay, you didn't do a deep dive into the social and political implications of the film, but what you did give was fair warning in both necessary directions: (1) Don't see it if you have a weak stomach, and (2) don't see it if you're just looking for torture-porn. I would call it a tough but rewarding art-house flick, and you got that point across in your own words.
      I wrote a little essay called "The Beauty of Salò" looking at its aesthetic features. It was a subversive response to all the nonsense I keep hearing about how "disturbing" the movie is or isn't. I guess with a movie like this, you need to know ahead of time sort of what you're in for, and I think you did a fair job of warning and enticing viewers at the same time. I'd give Salò a little higher rating than 7.5, but 7.5 is in the ballpark. You should be proud of this review.

  • @kokopoppers
    @kokopoppers 3 года назад +18

    i’m so concerned that in the horror ice berg this film is only on the third tier

    • @limellama1490
      @limellama1490 3 года назад

      Should I watch it?? Do you know if they are minors in this ??

    • @itszacharyhere8564
      @itszacharyhere8564 3 года назад +3

      @@limellama1490 I have never watched but I am already disturbed just from reading into it. To answer your question, yes all the victims are minors

    • @limellama1490
      @limellama1490 3 года назад

      @@itszacharyhere8564 in real life?!?! Dude I watched it 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢

    • @itszacharyhere8564
      @itszacharyhere8564 3 года назад

      @@limellama1490 The more I read into it the more intrigued I am in watching it. But I know it’s gonna fuck me up 🤢

    • @limellama1490
      @limellama1490 3 года назад

      @@itszacharyhere8564 Dont. Freakin. Do it.

  • @anactualalpaca7016
    @anactualalpaca7016 3 года назад +8

    Halfway through watching this movie i started having like an out of body experience trying to find a happy place where the events that took place in this film were nonexistent.

  • @davidglenn2739
    @davidglenn2739 4 месяца назад +1

    This is the first video of yours I've came across. I wish I had friends like you. So perspicaciously eloquent. My friends tend to talk about "gettin'r done" and "how that Transformers movie was kick-ass"....

    • @melissamoonchild9216
      @melissamoonchild9216 3 месяца назад +1

      I hope you find a more intellectually stimulating community.

  • @CannibalSoggoth
    @CannibalSoggoth 4 года назад +9

    Saw the film, and I was a little disappointing, I feel that it often can't decide wether if it's a statement about power or corruption or a true adaptation of the Marquis' work, but even if the contents were a little unfocused to my taste, I really loved the composition of every shot, but wasn't enough for me to save the move, though.
    funny that you mention pizzagate, because now we have the Epstein case, ya know, a bunch of really wealthy and powerful people in an unreachable location, with a lot of children trapped to satisfy their desires and no laws or moral restraint, a near exact real life School of Libertinage, which further reinforces the relevance of this movie in our time, as a reminder that power can indeed corrupt, and should not go unhinged nor unwatched

  • @auroragonzales2955
    @auroragonzales2955 4 года назад +11

    I truly believe in pizzagate so this movie is even more scary just for that fact because things like this happen and it’s just traumatizing my sister watched it she’s 28 she was so shocked and upset after watching it she told me not even to look it up and after of course I did lol but I haven’t watched it just scenes and the plot alone is terrifying

    • @TheWeekIReview
      @TheWeekIReview  4 года назад +9

      You should stop truly believing in pizzagate, considering the pizza restaurant in question does not have a basement in which the supposed events that inspired pizzagate would have taken place.
      Things like this definitely do happen, but it's really not some big exciting conspiracy at the highest levels of government, and thinking that it does gives the actual criminals who are all acting well outside of that cover.

    • @BacklTrack
      @BacklTrack Год назад +1

      @@TheWeekIReview Why'd the ONE bullet he shot go through a hard drive?

  • @SiddharthSinghFiery69
    @SiddharthSinghFiery69 Месяц назад +1

    The theme song of 'Salo or 120 days of Sodom' is so good though. The main soundtrack 🎵 by the late great Ennio Morricone. ❤️ It's a masterpiece among awful movies no doubt.

  • @CheezersDeluxe
    @CheezersDeluxe 4 года назад +9

    I read an article somewhere that said the ending is the reward. You're built up to this grand punishment the masters laid out and they keep saying it's gonna happen and when it happens....oof. Coincidentally it just is.

  • @MidianVGC
    @MidianVGC Год назад +1

    Loved the movie, but let's be honest, it's some vanilla stuff compared to De Sade's original novel, which is without the shadow of a doubt the vilest work of literature ever put to paper.

  • @natashalion8028
    @natashalion8028 5 лет назад +39

    Will I need counselling, after watching this film?

    • @TheWeekIReview
      @TheWeekIReview  5 лет назад +41

      Depends on how close you are to needing counseling before it, I think.

    • @fatimaovo4595
      @fatimaovo4595 5 лет назад +4

      Just don't watch it at night i made that mistake and couldn't sleep till 5 in the morning

    • @milkaftercookies7059
      @milkaftercookies7059 5 лет назад +1

      Is you Mad or nah Lol, I woke up at 3:30am just to watch it before school so my parents don’t catch me🤓

    • @myeeeeeh
      @myeeeeeh 5 лет назад +3

      Yes. Yes you will.

    • @natashalion8028
      @natashalion8028 5 лет назад +3

      @@myeeeeeh I've decided not to watch it. Thanks.

  • @chrismorgan7494
    @chrismorgan7494 2 года назад +2

    I remember reading Sade's 120 Days of Sodom in high school thinking they'd never make a movie of this. How wrong I was.
    I'm still trying to figure out what the one boy was writing with his finger on the floor. All I got was "AL DIO"

  • @ceridwen04
    @ceridwen04 3 года назад +3

    I was at a friend's house with a group of friends and I just couldn't finish it. I stand up and left...I was sick for the next few days

  • @hugochavez1287
    @hugochavez1287 Год назад +1

    Pier Paolo Pasolini was born in Bologna, traditionally one of the most politically leftist of Italy's cities. He was the son of elementary-school teacher Susanna Colussi, named after her Polish-Jewish great-grandmother

    • @FlagAnthem
      @FlagAnthem Год назад +1

      She was Friulan
      He wrote poems in Friulan as well
      Also one of the songs used during the tortures is a popular Friulan folk song (a requiem for a fallen soldier)

  • @rajmishra3165
    @rajmishra3165 5 лет назад +6

    i am not mentally prepared for this film the wiki article says it's the 65th scariest film of all time and that also in all gruesome ways

  • @cloudambient
    @cloudambient 4 года назад +11

    I've recently re-watched this movie in my 30's and it cleared up a lot of confusion and, what one may argue, "trauma" in my younger years. I was probably 12/13 years old when I watched original Italian version ... with no subtitles ... LOL.
    If you've seen this movie, you could imagine how that could confuse and disturb the shit out of a little kid, ... especially with not knowing what the HELL anyone was saying the whole time. I'm glad that at least now, I can laugh about it, lol(?).

  • @Dancerama6
    @Dancerama6 5 лет назад +12

    This dude gives off total Chris Traeger vibes

  • @rooroolaboo
    @rooroolaboo 3 года назад +3

    Had to watch it as part of a university class. You will never eat sausages or chocolate mousse again.

  • @yonkoukaido2942
    @yonkoukaido2942 4 года назад +20

    Salo movie will be stuck in mind who watching it...

    • @scuancio7900
      @scuancio7900 4 года назад

      yonkou Kaido what website did u watch it on?

    • @yonkoukaido2942
      @yonkoukaido2942 4 года назад

      @@scuancio7900 it's a long2 time ago.. i'm watching on dvd

    • @alb4477
      @alb4477 4 года назад +2

      Scuancio Fair warning though I don’t think it’s as fucked up as everyone is making it out to be. Was it fucked up? For sure but it’s definitely not gonna traumatize me lol.

    • @SigmundFreud187
      @SigmundFreud187 4 года назад

      Scuancio order it off eBay. Go get an eBay gift card from your local gasoline station and get on eBay and buy it.
      Or burn it off the internet and pass the movie out to people.

    • @em394
      @em394 4 года назад

      I watched it on effedupmovies.com

  • @postaldude39
    @postaldude39 5 лет назад +66

    Bro u should have more subs and views.

    • @TheWeekIReview
      @TheWeekIReview  5 лет назад +11

      I completely agree! Thank you for saying so.

    • @postaldude39
      @postaldude39 5 лет назад +2

      The Week I Review You're welcome!

  • @KandyGTV
    @KandyGTV 3 года назад +4

    I watched Salo some years ago on RUclips, before they got strict with censorship, needless to say it has been burned into my memory forever😵

  • @jesuitmatthew
    @jesuitmatthew 5 лет назад +15

    I like your Christmas decorations. Happy holidays.

    • @Angelina-nm9lx
      @Angelina-nm9lx 4 года назад +3

      jesuitmatthew this comment made me burst out laughinggggg omggg

  • @DaDonofrio
    @DaDonofrio 4 года назад +59

    Who’s here from tiktok

  • @ardeq
    @ardeq 3 года назад +4

    I hope that’s not the only thing you’ve seen from him, his docs and his movies and the courage he had at that time in a place like Italy, very sad to have lost one of the greatest philosophers

  • @charliescott2810
    @charliescott2810 5 лет назад +13

    Anyone watching this after the Epstein scandal?

  • @karlakleynhans1322
    @karlakleynhans1322 2 года назад

    Love your content. Refreshing to hear a more in depth video on the topic. Absolutely love it. Thanks for the deep dive. I truly appreciate intellectual individuals. :D

  • @chasemcdaniel3620
    @chasemcdaniel3620 4 года назад +7

    I saw it. I kind of new what to expect before hand(didnt expect the buckets of human shite)
    I'd LOVE to see a Tarantino remake with a sick twist ending. It'd be a TRUE masterpiece.

  • @sigampod
    @sigampod 4 года назад +17

    The tik tok children in the comments is beyond hilarious. This film is stunning from the aesthetic side of things, the content is pure shock factor but the use of De Sade’s sodom to portray fascism is really quite intelligent. Worth a watch if you’re a cinephile.

    • @erbagatto7603
      @erbagatto7603 3 года назад

      Best review ever👍👍👍 Tik Tok childrens have to stay away from this movie. They are not mature enough for it. They probably dont even knows wtf a cinephile is.

    • @erbagatto7603
      @erbagatto7603 3 года назад

      @Anna Dayton your opinion is dull. Try again or just get the f out here

    • @prod.garbagebeats8807
      @prod.garbagebeats8807 3 года назад

      @@erbagatto7603 cringe

    • @erbagatto7603
      @erbagatto7603 3 года назад

      @@prod.garbagebeats8807 cringe what

  • @connorlanker5952
    @connorlanker5952 6 лет назад +18

    The book is way more disturbing, did you read it?

    • @TheWeekIReview
      @TheWeekIReview  6 лет назад +3

      I did not. Is it way more disturbing and also worth reading, or just way more disturbing?

    • @connorlanker5952
      @connorlanker5952 6 лет назад +8

      @@TheWeekIReview it's definitely worth reading, I personally think it's way better then the movie. Just know that the ww2 setting is not in the book, and unlike the movie it shows every single day of the 120 days at the castle.

    • @TheWeekIReview
      @TheWeekIReview  6 лет назад +2

      464 pages for the new translation, huh? Interesting. Maybe I'll check it out then...

  • @markmarkson
    @markmarkson 2 года назад +1

    A violent metaphor on violence that power in its incarnations (religious, political and economic) exercises on anyone, starting with young people, of course, which are the first victims of this violence. "Reading" the film as a movie on sexual deviations is simply absurd.

    • @FlagAnthem
      @FlagAnthem Год назад

      It is power lust in the most pure and absolute take.

  • @leonidastheodoropoulos5642
    @leonidastheodoropoulos5642 4 года назад +4

    After watching the movie I understood it isn’t actually a movie but an experience so you can test yourself. Now I’m just wandering If I should have seen the movie when I was younger on when I would be older.

  • @NaumRusomarov
    @NaumRusomarov 4 года назад +2

    The gore and depravity in Salo aren't really that "awful" if you've seen other movies aimed to shock and terrify. It's what happens between the shocking scenes that leaves a mark on the viewer. I think if you decide to watch Salo just for the shock value, you're gonna end up disappointed.

    • @guevaraslxt8302
      @guevaraslxt8302 4 года назад

      wait where did you watch it

    • @NaumRusomarov
      @NaumRusomarov 4 года назад +1

      @@guevaraslxt8302 it's everywhere nowadays, even on youtube.

    • @kdog9922
      @kdog9922 4 года назад +1

      Yeah, I was looking for a comment like this, because that's how I felt, too. It wasn't really shocking, just more gross. Especially with all the sh*t. But there's many movies that have nudity and gore and I've definitely seen worse. But that's a first with all the feces talk and it's just nasty, but that's the only new thing I can think of for me, horror-fan-wise.

  • @redcurly237
    @redcurly237 4 года назад +5

    your rule was really true..... after 8 years its still fresh in my mind

  • @chrisraymond4804
    @chrisraymond4804 Год назад +1

    One of the few films that truly disturbed me. Took months to get this film out of my head, and would only recommend to those who can truly handle such depravity.

  • @hectortorres9316
    @hectortorres9316 3 года назад +14

    "We fascist are the only true anarchist"
    Amazing movie, and amazing review my friend

  • @ssagere4958
    @ssagere4958 2 года назад

    Wait no why do you not have more subs?! Your content is GOOD

  • @sarah71080
    @sarah71080 4 года назад +3

    2 years later, and I’m here. :)

  • @sophiarose3754
    @sophiarose3754 3 года назад +2

    I watched this when I was 13 and I have never forgotten about it, I think it's one of the movies that got me into film as well as the thought process behind dark and twisted movies such as this one. It in my opinion is a movie full of metaphors but definitely not for the faint of heart. I really did not enjoy it because it truly made me sick but at the same time I was interested in the dialogue and the direction by the director.

  • @AverageJoeVideos
    @AverageJoeVideos 5 лет назад +3

    I would like to hear more of a take on the meaning of certain scenes in the film. Just interested in diving deeper and hearing other opinions.

  • @alexanderdavincibrod2563
    @alexanderdavincibrod2563 3 года назад +1

    It is so surreal to see someone so beautiful to talk about something so ugly and disgusting, I felt the same about many of the actors and actresses that participate in that

  • @literallegend3603
    @literallegend3603 4 года назад +9

    after watching the movie, all I can say is, thank god I wasn't a teen in 1975

  • @nmgkid
    @nmgkid Год назад +1

    havent had actual nightmares in years but right after watching salo i had nightmares all night themed like the movie truly an evil masterpiece

  • @shirvy
    @shirvy 4 года назад +4

    Anybody know where I can watch this?

    • @elichase2760
      @elichase2760 4 года назад

      shirvy just google “salo stream”. Or buy it on Criterion’s website. It’s hard to find a free version with English subtitles

  • @lukas6289
    @lukas6289 Год назад

    I think is easy for many to just see this as one of those “banned disturbing films” but unlike others alike, Salo actually provides a deep and insightful dive into the destructiveness and depravity of human nature while showing that amidst all the chaos in the world there still exists beauty (as the two young soldiers dance at the end)

  • @jarmelo2006
    @jarmelo2006 2 года назад +2

    It's utter trash and I refuse to contaminate my memory banks with it's disgust.😊✌🏾

  • @NaumRusomarov
    @NaumRusomarov 4 года назад +3

    "a nice palate cleanser" hahahahaha. this made me laugh. :D

  • @Ellie-jr4zy
    @Ellie-jr4zy 3 года назад +2

    I’ve never seen this movie in a theater with other people, if I get an opportunity I might given how you’ve described your experience with it though

  • @isiso.speenie5994
    @isiso.speenie5994 2 года назад +1

    The disappointing aspect is that they left out the showing of massive amounts of cocaine being injected by these sex crazed deviants!!!! Think about it if you have ever mainlined coke , you know exactly what I mean !

  • @lololololololol
    @lololololololol 5 лет назад +8

    Solo ist better than the old star wars movies

  • @SternCC1
    @SternCC1 8 месяцев назад

    I recently watched the movie as part of my project on the 1,001 movies you must see before you die and I have to tell you that regardless of its philosophical viewpoint, it is an unwatchable movie, and if a movie is unwatchable, then it misses most of the points it is trying to make. Most people either watch this movie to be disturbed or to enjoy the shocking details, or to pretend that it has some sort of hidden meaning to life. It does not.

  • @shesholdingcorn
    @shesholdingcorn 3 года назад +9

    What tf was he on about this whole time.

  • @aeopmusic
    @aeopmusic Месяц назад

    I work for Philipp Morris and watch a segment of this glorious movie everyday before going into the office. Keeps me motivated!

  • @elichase2760
    @elichase2760 4 года назад +5

    Nice analysis man! It took me two attempts to get through this movie. First time I couldn’t get past the forced marriage rape scene. You might want to advise the tik tok kids in the comments to avoid this one though

    • @TheWeekIReview
      @TheWeekIReview  4 года назад +2

      Thank you! Yeah, is a rough'n. Going to acknowledge the children about that in the intro to my next video.

  • @3rgoproxxy
    @3rgoproxxy 4 года назад +1

    The majority of the child actors in the movie were actually between the ages of 14 and 18, which legally makes the movie classified as child porn. I wouldn't have a problem with the movie if it weren't for this fact, which causes the movie to go from daring to immoral.

    • @TheWeekIReview
      @TheWeekIReview  4 года назад

      That's what John Waters said in an interview, but I'm not sure that's accurate.
      Had heard otherwise, but can't find any corroborating source either way.

    • @3rgoproxxy
      @3rgoproxxy 4 года назад +1

      @@TheWeekIReview Well, one of the actors from the film, Antonio Orlando, was born in 1960, and the film released in 1975, which would have made him 14 during the filming of Salo. Here is a link to his imdb: www.imdb.com/name/nm0649975/

    • @Rainhands22
      @Rainhands22 3 года назад +1

      @@3rgoproxxy notice how he never responded to this comment.

    • @3rgoproxxy
      @3rgoproxxy 3 года назад +1

      @@Rainhands22 yes that has been the general response whenever I bring this up to fans of Salo. They just stop responding, because they want to keep watching it and knowingly not acknowledge its genuine human rights issues.

  • @kingteslas1427
    @kingteslas1427 4 года назад +7

    Watched the movie, and the came to watch this review. Holy shit! It was intense

    • @TheWeekIReview
      @TheWeekIReview  4 года назад

      Right?! It's a truly wild experience.

    • @NcNac04
      @NcNac04 4 года назад

      where can i watch this

    • @ksvnco3737
      @ksvnco3737 4 года назад

      Where did u watch it

  • @BumbleBee-wi3cf
    @BumbleBee-wi3cf Год назад +1

    I was warned about this film. I couldn't stomach myself to watch it so I decided to watch the reviews

  • @conansmith5164
    @conansmith5164 5 лет назад +18

    I am scared of watching it

    • @CyanideSublime
      @CyanideSublime 4 года назад +2

      Go ahead and watch it... but don't eat nothing. It will most likely make you wish you hadn't as it is an amazing chore to sit through. That isn't an opinion... just endure it.

  • @phantompanther648
    @phantompanther648 Год назад

    David Lynch....lifts exactly off SALO...in Lost Highway.....when some one finds the curvy brunette on the side of the road....and a course of blood, drips from her mouth.
    Its exactly , 'Come Maria ' when the kids are made to act like dogs , being walked with leashes.
    Last second the man presses nails into a piece of cake...and the girl bites into it .
    The whole screen suddenly is Marias upturned face , Beautiful ...and this course of blood ....flows from her mouth.
    Lynch obviously greatly impressed by Pasolini.
    Pasolini explains the film , in a doc. He says ; ' l dont give you any information about the youths , so , you cant care about them....'
    Its worth it to see ...the other challenges, he put upon himself...in film making... theyre all sort of daunting.......🎉

  • @kingbing3315
    @kingbing3315 5 лет назад +4

    This was a disgusting film...... What was this about i don't understand

  • @billysobolik
    @billysobolik Год назад +1

    You're too hard on yourself about this video's intro. I like the way you explain things. Lol

  • @flowerchild6309
    @flowerchild6309 5 лет назад +34

    Out of context but you’re so cute

  • @lopidopi9967
    @lopidopi9967 3 года назад

    On one hand I feel like salo has a good message and people should see it. But on the other hand I feel like people shouldn't see it because of how gruesome it is. I literally have a metal scar from it. I can no longer use spoons to eat food because every time I almost through up. It is because of one scene.

  • @Rose-vu7rn
    @Rose-vu7rn 4 года назад +3

    where did you watch it? i cant find anywhere to watch it :(

  • @demilembias2527
    @demilembias2527 3 года назад +2

    sorry, I was too disturbed by the way this guy moves his facial muscles to care about how disturbing the movie was

  • @INTJ91
    @INTJ91 5 лет назад +3

    Is it bad that the film had zero effect on me? I think I passed out from boredom :/

    • @jujudabeat4065
      @jujudabeat4065 5 лет назад +2

      "boredom"

    • @beyondviolet
      @beyondviolet 5 лет назад

      INTJ1348 that’s not necessarily bad, just very weird. Maybe you don’t enjoy good older movies, in the same way that some older people don’t enjoy good newer movies

  • @ComfortableTool86
    @ComfortableTool86 3 года назад +1

    crazy how you film this without cuts and without ever saying "ummm".... is there a script behind the camera or do you have a memory that good?

  • @scenes8325
    @scenes8325 5 лет назад +5

    I love fucked up disturbing and gory films but I could not sit and watch this through ! It really gets in your skin !