The film was rereleased officially a few years ago by the British Film Institute. Even if Amazon UK won't ship it to the US, one of the Markeplace sellers will probably do it.
Or take a holiday and pick up a copy from one of our numerous and friendly retail outlets. I think that you could probably get a flight, a hotel and a copy of the DVD for less than $500 ...
Best Simon
> > From: "B." <docile_body at yahoo.com>
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 03:14:26 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Justice for Pasolini at Last
>
> 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.
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