[lbo-talk] Justice for Pasolini at Last

[B.]

Yep, Pasolini is indeed an Italian cultural giant.
There is a black/gray market for his "Salo, or the 120
Days of Sodom" DVD running into the hundreds of
dollars. Criterion released Salo a few years back but
it is out of print. If you see the DVD on Amazon or
anywhere else for less than $500, it's a bootleg. I
should know, I hav one.

I know someone who owns an independent movie rental
store here in Dallas, TX, which carries a VHS version
of Salo. he and some friends went to Houston in the
mid-70's to catch Salo but the theater was shut down
by the FBI. It has since been a cult classic amongst
Italian shock/horror exploitation fans (think Dario
Argento or Joe D'Amato).

I am currently working with a hardcore punk band who
are releasing a DVD that will feature footage from the
film (in addition to footage from Alain Resnais'
"Night & Fog" and Peter Watkins's "the War Game"). As
I said, Pasolini is also mentioned in the "Introducing
Fascism and Nazism" series of "comic" books (this one
by Stuart Hood). He is certainly someone whose
cultural influence will only grow, not diminish, with
time.

Bravo to anyone who supports Pasolini's genius,

-B.