"Salò" returns to earth.
The original 1998 Criterion release of "Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom," Pier Paolo Pasolini's notorious, oft-banned final film (he was murdered shortly after its completion), was withdrawn because of licensing issues, making the DVDs that did make it onto the market fetishized objects unto themselves, commanding hundreds of dollars on eBay and Amazon, more if still sealed. The film became overshadowed by its own rarity. But today Criterion finally rereleases the film in a two-disc set with three accompanying docs, interviews and essays from, among others, Neil Bartlett and Catherine Breillat. So how does "Salò" hold up in these days when the teens take in torture while munching popcorn at the multiplex and even Kermit the Frog is down with coprophagia? Well, Ain't It Cool's Harry Knowles reassures that it's still "Fucked beyond all belief." Dennis Lim, writing at the LA Times this weekend, writes that "its extreme,...
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