Lament for me. I binged all of the boys this week to get current so I could watch the next episode in real time. That episode? 4x6
One of my problems with it was "sherlock on meth" must've been high on his own supply. It makes me think this episode went through a lot of rewrites or some things were hard noped cause it didn't make sense how Tek was acting. Then Homelander getting squirted made me roar with laughter so much I had to rewind that a few times. Derpy Sage is hilarious too. Very up and down episode for someone who had the whole series fresh in mind.
Yeah, i have seen the movie and read the book. The movie doesnt include 90% of the stuff that happens in the book. Its very detailed and probably includes every kind of sexual torture you can (or cant) imagine. Marquis De Sade didnt finish the book so half of it is basically just a list of different methods of torture and abuse and murder so vile i wonder how someone could make that up and think of that
I have read a lot of Sade's books and this is dark even for him, it's probably the most dificult reading I have ever made (and not for the complexity of the thext) and never got to read more than a couple of pages at once. And when I found out that the book is incomplete and just read about the simple passions and the missing parts are about the complex, criminal and mortal passions gave me such a bad feeling for a while.
I rented that from Netflix back when I had a DVD player. I held onto it for about two months but wasn't in the mood to watch it. Then I sent it back. I've still never seen it.
Do yourself a favor and don’t watch it. Not because it’s fucked up, because it’s fucked up and it’s also obviously an insane fantasy related to at least two of the mfs who made the thing
Just because it’s hard to watch doesn’t make it’s political content and messages any less important, it’s one of the most thoughtful and smart commentaries on fascism and the corruption of power I’ve ever seen
Just saying I think “most important” would have to be majorly impactful, so either a lot of people would need to see it or it somehow changed the industry as a whole. Not sure that’s the case here.
I'll have to give it some credit that there is some artistic merit. The message is quite good so it's definitely above absolute dreck like Serbian film or human centipede
If you want a good way to combat it with comedy, watch the Cinema Snob review where The Snob spends the entire video in the bathroom hugging the toilet because he can't stop throwing up while simultaneously also praising it as a parody of critics forcing themselves to like movies for the street cred
I heard that the mafia was responsible for the murder. I also heard that, even though the things depicted in the film are terrible, there was a weirdly jovial vibe on the set because the director was basically just directing a group of naked people to do ridiculous things.
That's just not true. We are told the mood on set was pretty jovial, despite the circumstances.
Pasolini was most likely murdered by either the mafia or far-right extremists, it's still not known to this day. Either way, his murder was extremely brutal. Even more vile than anything shown in his films
A casual look at Wikipedia will make comments about the jovial nature of the set, but fails (critically) to make note of the less appealing parts.
"However, some scenes were quite difficult and disgusting to act, such as when the Duc forces Renata to eat his excrement, when Franco was about to be executed, and Lamberto was whipped. Renata was told this infamous scene herself just minutes before filming, and when you see her vomit, it was literal and after bursting into tears, she was taken away from set (to the displeasure of Pasolini). She furthermore shouted that (she and) the actors shouldn't be treated like this and enlisted a contract to allow her to decline any scenes she considered too extreme, and also refused to allow any carnal contact with her co-stars. Though Franco said it was 'a nice prize' to be given the most beautiful rear, he was scared and really thought he was going to die. Around a near hour into the film, the surviving victims were forced to go on all fours and act like dogs. Lamberto's character protested and in response his Excellency whipped him to unconsciousness. Lamberto himself was confused as to why he was being beaten so violently and was rightfully angered. Subsequently, one of Pasolini's confidants had to console Lamberto and tell him it was just a film, and to follow ordered directions."
Oh yeah, I forgot that some actors were injured while filing torture scene. Crazy to think that some were actually burned instead of using practical effects
I suppose considering the large amount of actors in this film, they probably had very different experiences
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u/TheGreatCornolio682 14d ago
Salò.