Thank you, I was beginning to think I had seen a different film to everyone
else.
 
Leopold
 
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                From:   Jumping [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
                Sent:   13 August 1999 10:46
                To:     [log in to unmask]
                Subject:        Re: Pound and Passolini
 
                Pasolini's "Salò" nothing have to do with Fascism.
 
                Fabio Franceschini
                CCU Eruditio
                Università degli Studi di Trento
                http://student.gelso.unitn.it/~eruditio
 
 
                At 22.30 11/08/99 -0400, you wrote:
                >Leopold Green <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
                >
                >>the films backdrop...art like anything else is a
commodity, which makes
                >>sense given that the film seems to say, to me at least,
that capitalism has
                >>no 'victims' or 'innocents' since we are all complicit in
our
                >>acquiescence...we quite literally will eat shit, or pay to
watch a film we
                >>people eat shit.
                >>
                >
                >I feel compelled to point out, in the interest of film
chronology,
                >that the great Baltimore film director John Waters was a
few
                >years ahead of Pier Paolo with this significant insight.
                >
                >cf. Waters'  "Pink Flamingos," 1971,
                >and Pasolini's  "Salo," 1975.
                >
                >What's more, I think there is a very complex statement
about
                >fascism and commodity culture going on in Waters' film as
                >well, specifically in the sequence containing the infamous
                >'singing asshole' scene.  But I've never felt confident
enough
                >in my own critical prowess to even attempt to sort it all
out.
                >
                >
                >--
                >Brett Zombro
                >[log in to unmask]
                >
                >"As a rule, I make an effort never to utter [ the word
'Art' ]
                > except when referring to Mr. Linkletter."
                >     --John Waters
                >
                >