There’s a
reason this Italian commentary on fascism is considered one of the most
controversial films ever made. While not really a horror film in a sense, it
is a shocking and disturbing parable worthy of the genre. Yet while new such films like
Human Centipede shock for the sake of entertainment and spectacle this film
directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini shocks to inspire thought. This is a true work of art that
insults the viewer with twisted people of power abusing those without. A
warning: this is for mature audiences only and in mature I don’t just mean age
but in having an intellectual understanding of history, theater of cruelty and the
Marquise De Sade of which this film bases much of its depravity on. Grade:
A
Spoiler Alert: One aspect of the film which I found out-date was the amount of homosexuality. I'm not taking about the forced orgies, I'm talking about men consentually indulging in sexual relations. I'm sure back in the'70s this was very offensive but this one part of the film no longer works as a disturbing image (or at least to me). It doesn't ruin the original impact of Pasolini's message but it does show how norms change.
Spoiler Alert: One aspect of the film which I found out-date was the amount of homosexuality. I'm not taking about the forced orgies, I'm talking about men consentually indulging in sexual relations. I'm sure back in the'70s this was very offensive but this one part of the film no longer works as a disturbing image (or at least to me). It doesn't ruin the original impact of Pasolini's message but it does show how norms change.
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