It's time ...

Life has begun to imitate art to the point of grotesque surreality ...

... and now I'm afraid it's time to go ...

I originally put up this Salo resource in response to an offended videostore clerk who harrassed me when I asked if they carried the film. (This was a hip art house store, not Blockbuster.) I felt I needed to get the word out about Salo, to try to clear up any misconceptions about the work and, finally, to explore it's themes and context. I tracked down whatever I could: essays, reviews, news stories. At the time, there was not a lot available online; I believe I was able to put together an extensive resource and, in the process, hopefully made the film more accessible. That was 1997.

Time's have changed. Salo is now available in Europe and Japan (although backward North Amerika shows no sign of releasing this film any time soon). There are a lot of pages and reviews available on the net. There is more Pasolini scholarship available in books and journals. All represent a positive move forward and I hope this trend continues. Unfortunately, I cannot keep the page fresh and up-to-date with these new developments and that really hurts the credibility of the archive. I may revisit this later on but ...

Thanks for the support over the years - especially to the BFI and to Tomohiro Onuki (guillo).