Beyond Perverse Allegiance: The Problem of Viewers’ Engagement in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Salò or The 120 Days of Sodom (Issue 77, December 2015) Paolo Russo October 2019 Highlights from 20 years of Senses of Cinema Originally published in Senses of Cinema issue 77, December 2015. “Perhaps the most successful representation of physical cruelty in the history of cinema.” – Gilbert Adair, 1979 In a lengthy letter to the ...
Beyond Perverse Allegiance: The Problem of Viewers’ Engagement in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Salò or The 120 Days of Sodom Paolo Russo December 2015 The Legacy of Pier Paolo Pasolini “Perhaps the most successful representation of physical cruelty in the history of cinema.” – Gilbert Adair, 1979 In a lengthy letter to the Director of Public Prosecutions, James Ferman, the then Chief Exami...