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When it comes to the world's top ten banned films, we have to mention this famous "120 Days of Sodom".
Movie posters
Let's first look at the title, Sodom refers to a place name, in the Old Testament, recorded that Sodom is a sexual open city that indulges in male sex and fornication, not taboo about same-sex sexual behavior, archaeology since the 1970s, have found four Bronze Age ancient cities near the Dead Sea, indeed as depicted in the Old Testament, in short, "Sodom" in the ancient myths and legends of Europe refers to the meaning of "city of fornication", and the "Sodom" in the film is a fictional place name, A group of powerful people and several high-ranking prostitutes, along with their retinue, abducted a group of young boys and girls to a castle, and during these 120 days, they indulged in lasciviousness and indulgence in this group of young girls and boys, which made them humiliated and finally brutally killed.
Ruins of Sodom
The film's director, Pasolini, was killed with a stick by a 17-year-old male prostitute on the outskirts of Rome after the film's release, at the age of 53, and it was the release of the film that directly led to his death. (On November 2, 1975, Pasolini's body was found on a deserted beach outside Rome, with a beaten head and ten broken ribs.) ）
Directed by Pierre Paul Pasolini
The death of Pasolini, a generation of cinematic ghosts
Speaking of movies, the reason why this movie is at the top of the so-called "world's top ten banned films" is because its degree of perversion is simply outrageous in the era.
First, it's antisocial, utopian. The captives, in total, 16 pairs of young boys and girls, were forced to follow the absurd laws laid down by the magnates, and if they violated them, they would be subjected to all kinds of inhuman torture, and they were encouraged to report each other's "illegal acts", and humanity was lost in this castle, leaving only a beast to live.
Second, it is anti-human and has no rules. These poor children have to have shameless sex with these powerful people, they listen to all kinds of obscene stories together, they satisfy the desires of power figures at any time, they are arranged to hold "weddings", after the wedding, the bride and groom are first asked to comfort each other, and then the two are raped, in this small castle, the ugliness of power is infinitely magnified, all sentient beings are just their toys, completely deprived of the basic attributes of people, any social, emotional completely absent, want to adapt to the rules, But there is no trace, and the whole movie gives people a suffocating sense of despair.
Finally, the whole film is filled with a large number of perverted scenes of sexual behavior, same sex, abuse, etc., and even some plots, such as this group of young boys and girls whose food is only their own feces, they are forced to carry out the selection of "the most beautiful buttocks", piercing eyes, crowd wheel j, scalping and a series of unbearable passages for ordinary people, and the shooting is very realistic (this is probably the direct cause of the director's murder). ）
Of course, the film is more of its literary nature, and these perverted shots are all a trick, adapted from the "Salô" by marquess De Sade, France's most "notorious" sex writer, whose works are known for their lavish depictions of sexual customs, especially sadism. Many people regard this work as the "bible" of sexual perversion films, and many people believe that this film is a metaphor for Mussolini's fascist politics with sexual perversion.
Film and television image of the Marquis of Sade
These views are very far away from us, I agree with the description of a hot review on Douban, the film is more of an exploratory nature, for example, do we prefer a completely naked body, or the kind that covers important parts of the infinite reverie? Most of them are the latter, because the unknown is often the most attractive, the ancient "three inches of golden lotus", modern movies prohibit "exposing three points" is this principle, developed to the end, often become "sexy", with more cultural attributes, some specific places, special contrasts often more can stimulate people's sexual desire, and even in the end, can transcend the essence of sex, out of gender, completely pursue feelings...
Stuffed nails in the food
Of course, Europe since ancient times, is the advanced area of ideological emancipation, although the film has the right to expound its views, but we as moviegoers, there is no need to accept all its views as ordered, the reason why the film is banned is for a reason, but as we continue to grow older, some views we can not accept, but we will also give him a place to exist, this is the performance of people's continuous maturity, I am a positive energy person, you can watch the scene of the movie, but other do not think too much.
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