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Salò AKA Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom AKA Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma (1975)
The controversial poet, novelist, and filmmaker's transposition of the Marquis de Sade's eighteenth-century opus of torture and degradation to 1944 Fascist Italy.Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
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Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Italian Dolby Digital 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Inset with liner notes by John Powers.
Probably the rarest DVD release in the world, the rights to this title were revoked soon after it went on sale making this release OOP.
There are 3 known versions of Criterion out there:
1) The genuine Criterion release. 29 chapters. Optional subtitles, a booklet with liner notes, AND in the disc itself: a "white ring" in the center of the disc. (Thanks to Rewind user Gavin_Salkind for this information.)
2) Bootleg #1. 29 chapters. Optional subtitles, no booklet, and there is NO "white ring" in the centre of the disc, and the artwork is slightly different than genuine Criterion DVDs and the "Facets version". This is an Asian-sourced bootleg, with a low-GSM, glossy paper insert.
3) Bootleg #2. 9 chapters. Burned-in subtitles and booklet with notes of 9 chapters (on a white background which is bordered by images of a scene from the film). No white ring and the disc artwork is slightly different (the image on the disc only has the naked youths on it and a raised Criterion Collection logo on the disc on top of the image). This is the so-called ""Facets version".
Cases of all these versions appear to be identical from the outside. Also the film transfers seems to be identical.
The "best bet" is to check the disc: Make sure it has a white ring in the center.
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
Theatrical Trailer (3:27)
DISC TWO
"Salò: Yesterday and Today" 2008 documentary (33:15)
"Salò: Fade to Black" 2001 documentary (23:20)
"The End of Salò" 2008 documentary (39:45)
2008 interview with production designer Dante Ferretti (11:26)
2008 interview with director and film scholar Jean-Pierre Gorin (27:07) -
Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Italian Dolby Digital 1.0
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Case type:Digipak
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Notes:Comes with an 80-page liner notes booklet featuring essays by Neil Bartlett, Catherine Breillat, Naomi Greene, Sam Rohdie, Roberto Chiesi, and Gary Indiana, and excerpts from Gideon Bachmann on set's diary.
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Extras:Biography for Pier Paolo Pasolini
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Subtitles:Danish and Norwegian
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Aspect Ratio:1.66:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Initial release includes a slipcover.
Trailer is in Italian, with optional English subtitles. -
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Extras:Pasolini biography (in English)
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Subtitles:Finnish, Swedish
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Digipak
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Extras:"Salo: Yesterday and Today" 2008 documentary (31:55)
"The Children of Salo" 2008 featurette (18:28)
Photo gallery
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Subtitles:French
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Aspect Ratio:1.66:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):French Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Contains the original Italian language version, and "official" French version, with dub-voices of the actors Michel Piccoli, Micheline Boudet and Anouck Ferjac.
Comes with a 48-page liner notes booklet in French. -
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Subtitles:Italian, Italian HoH subtitles
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Italian Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Appears also in "Pasolini Cofanetto", a 5 DVD set with The Canterbury Tales, Arabian Nights, The Decameron and a documentary Pasolini, un delitto italiano (AKA Pasolini, an Italian Crime) in bonus disc.
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Extras:Director's Foreword
Director's Biography & Photograph
Poster Gallery
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Subtitles:English (burnt-in)
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Comes in hot box packaging.
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
"Ostia: The Death of Pasolini" 2008 short film with music by Coil (6:54)
Theatrical Trailer (4:09)
DISC TWO
"Open Your Eyes" featurette (21:13)
"Walking with Pasolini" featurette (21:13)
"Fade to Black" featurette (23:26)
"Whoever Says the Truth Will Die: A Film About Pier Paolo Pasolini by Philo Bregstein" 2001 documentary (58:16)
"Ostia: A Film by Julian Cole" 1987 short film (with optional 2098 commentary by director Julian Cole) (25:40) -
Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Comes with a 48 page booklet containing a new introduction to Salò by Sam Rohdie, and excerpts from Gideon Bachmann on set's diary.
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OVERALL: Draw
Between the 2-disc re-issues from Criterion and BFI - both have differing extras.
Please see this page on the CriterIon website for a detailed discussion of the additional scene on the BFI edition.
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CUTS:
- R0 America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (116:24 NTSC)
- R1 2-Disc Re-issue America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (116:32 NTSC)
- R2 Denmark / Norway- Star Media Entertainment - No cuts (111:45 PAL)
- R2 Finland / Sweden- Future Film - No cuts (111:45 PAL)
- R2 Limited Edition France- G.C.T.H.V. - No cuts (111:32 PAL)
- R2 Italy- Cde / Eagle Pictures - Unknown (~112:00 PAL)
- R2 United Kingdom- British Film Institute - No cuts - Includes an additional 17-second sequence where one of the masters quotes a poem by Gottfried Benn (111:46 PAL)
- R2 2-Disc Re-issue United Kingdom- British Film Institute - No cuts - Includes an additional 17-second sequence where one of the masters quotes a poem by Gottfried Benn (111:49 PAL)
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Comparison added by The Rewind Team on 16/10/02
Comparison last updated by Matthew_B_Harrah on 08/08/22UPDATE LOG:
06/03/10: Added 2-disc editions from Criterion and BFI
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13/04/15: Added Capsaholic link, ASINs.
08/08/22: Added Denmark / Norway.
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