So the Italian film, “Saló or the 120 Days of Sodom”, turns out to be correct about the fascists, even if the director, Pier Paolo Pasolini, said it was a metaphor. He was believed to have been killed by fascists because of the director’s anti-fascism.
I wish I could upvote this a hundred times. Saló is a genuinely horrific movie, but what Pasolini intended to do with it and why is beyond reproach. I too believe that’s why he was killed, to the point I don’t think there’s really any doubt anymore.
So the Italian film, “Saló or the 120 Days of Sodom”, turns out to be correct about the fascists, even if the director, Pier Paolo Pasolini, said it was a metaphor. He was believed to have been killed by fascists because of the director’s anti-fascism.
I wish I could upvote this a hundred times. Saló is a genuinely horrific movie, but what Pasolini intended to do with it and why is beyond reproach. I too believe that’s why he was killed, to the point I don’t think there’s really any doubt anymore.
A recent probe into his killing have mentioned that the gang who possibly killed Pasolini, has ties to the far-right.