Anyone else feel like Saló isn’t that crazy or disturbing to watch?

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I just watched it for a 2nd time, it was the first Pasolini I watched a couple years ago, and then after watching all of Pasolini’s other films, I watched it again. It’s not that disturbing, I read one of the essay’s in the booklet and the lady was talking like it’s gonna fuck you up for months. It’s not even one of Pasolini’s best, I enjoy every other film he made more except maybe Medea. Not trying to be cool or a contrarian, the film just obviously doesn’t feel real and mostly has a humorous tone. I know it’s supposed to be a rejection of his Trilogy of Life, but it has a lot of the same type of humor as those films.

Posted Mar 8, 2026, 8:10 PM UTC

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