Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) (with Irene Theo)
We just couldn't talk about Pier Paolo Pasolini's "Trilogy of Life" without devoting an episode to his final film, his masterpiece, his first in a proposed "Trilogy of Death"... Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom. One of the most infamous and controversial films of all time, Salò is a brutal and uncompromising work that, due to his murder mere weeks before its release, serves as Pasolini's final artistic statement. Alex and Ben also discuss Abel Ferrara's 2014 film Pasolini and, very briefly, Ari's latest Asterpiece Beau is Afraid.An episode like this absolutely demands a guest so we've brought…
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