Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1977)

Highly Overrated But Still Good

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Salo manages to portray human depravity in a terrifyingly realistic manor that I've never seen in any other film. It's very well made in that regard, but doesn't have much substance beyond that.If you can't handle seeing or hearing about bizarre acts of sex and violence, then I can't recommend this movie. That said, I think most other people (especially fans of film) could get some enjoyment out of Salo if for no other reason than the experience of witnessing true evil.

Okay first of all those who are saying this movie is powerful, strong......you guys are out of your mind this is completely pointless movie .. i don't think there is any connection of WW2 with this movie. i think director only want to show his own sick fantasies and nothing else. completely waste of time even though i have watched more sick movies than this, i cant tolerate this one, because same thing repeat again and again and then it starts to irritate you. a complete pointless movie i don't know why some people rated it 9 or 10.

I don't know why I picked this movie. First I found Marquis Sade in the internet, and then his novel 120 days of Sodom. Intrigued by the name Sadism, I wondered what the novel really consisted of. I read the summary in Wikipedia. Damn! Then I found out that someone made a movie out of it. Then I found this. Just out of curiosity, I read a review of this film in IMDb: He (she?) gave a score of 7 or 8 and wrote that this movie depicted the dark side of humanity and that it was sick. An art film, it was supposed to be. Fine, then! I finally brought myself to watch it. (By the way, I had happened to find that Simone de Beauvoir wrote an essay on this book: Must we burn Sade? In the essay, she had defended Sade, I think. This had intrigued my curiosity further.) I started watching the movie. Halfway through the movie, I regretted my decision to watch it, but I finished the movie all the same. Because I wanted to know the dark side of humanity; and I did know it through someone's so-called art. All hail my curiosity. Damn! The movie was disgusting and repugnant. But, hey, the director succeeded in his job. He wanted to disgust us and he succeeded. I should like to read Sade's book, if I ever get the time and chance. Wait. Am I praising the movie or condemning it? I don't know! I don't know how to respond to this movie! I don't know if 1 star out of 10 is the right score. If you want to watch the movie, do so at your peril!

This movie is about a group of children who attend a boarding school. Each day the children all sit around and listen to their headmistress, Madam Salo, tell stories of her childhood days, growing up in an orphanage and what it was like as a teenager during World War 2. The film is shot beautifully, and gives an authentic 1980s feel. Would recommend this movie to a high school student studying German history at school, or a history buff who is looking for an insight into the lives of young people during WW2.