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Salí², or The 120 Days of Sodom
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Blu-ray release on 30 September 2019
2-disc set
Banned, censored and reviled the world over since its release, Salí² was Pasolini's final and most controversial masterpiece. The content and imagery is extreme, retaining the power to shock, repel and distress. But it remains a cinematic milestone: culturally significant, politically vital and visually stunning.
On 30 September 2019 the BFI will release Salí² on Blu-ray utilising a High Definition master new to the UK. Special features for this release include a new commentary by Kat Ellinger.
Based on a novel by the Marquis de Sade, Salí² is a film about power, corruption, and the degradation of the human body; a devastating, angry cry from one of the most controversial auteurs in cinema history.
Special features
Original Italian language, and alternative English language versions
Newly recorded audio commentary by film critic and editor-in-chief of Diabolique magazine, Kat Ellinger
'OSTIA (The Death of Pasolini)' Coil's 1986 track with video accompaniment from 2008
Open Your Eyes! (2008, 22 mins): Pasolini and his actors at work on the set of Salí²
Walking with Pasolini (2008, 22 mins): documentary featuring Neil Bartlett and Noam Chomsky
Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die (1981, 101 mins): classic documentary on the life and death of Pasolini
Salí²: Fade to Black (2001, 24 mins): documentary exploring Pasolini's Salí²
Ostia (1987, 27 mins): features Derek Jarman, and also includes optional audio commentary
The End of Salí² (2008, 40 mins): documentary looking at the film's production
Enfants de Salí² (2009, 18 mins): French filmmakers including Gaspar Noé deconstruct Salí²
Original Italian trailer
Illustrated booklet (**first pressing only**) including an essay by Sam Rohdie, a 1979 review of the film by Gilbert Adair, James Ferman's (BBFC) letter of appeal to the Director of Public Prosecutions, Pasolini biography by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith, photographs of Pasolini at work on set, cast and credits
Product details
RRP: £24.99/ Cat. no. BFIB1359 / Cert 18
Italy, France / 1975 / colour / 117 mins / Italian and English language, with optional English and English hard-of-hearing subtitles / original aspect ratio 1.85:1 / BD50 x 2: / Disc 1: 1080p, 24fps, LPCM 1.0 mono audio (48kHz/24-bit) / Disc 2: 1080p, 24fps, Dolby Digital stereo audio
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Blu-ray release on 30 September 2019
2-disc set
Banned, censored and reviled the world over since its release, Salí² was Pasolini's final and most controversial masterpiece. The content and imagery is extreme, retaining the power to shock, repel and distress. But it remains a cinematic milestone: culturally significant, politically vital and visually stunning.
On 30 September 2019 the BFI will release Salí² on Blu-ray utilising a High Definition master new to the UK. Special features for this release include a new commentary by Kat Ellinger.
Based on a novel by the Marquis de Sade, Salí² is a film about power, corruption, and the degradation of the human body; a devastating, angry cry from one of the most controversial auteurs in cinema history.
Special features
Original Italian language, and alternative English language versions
Newly recorded audio commentary by film critic and editor-in-chief of Diabolique magazine, Kat Ellinger
'OSTIA (The Death of Pasolini)' Coil's 1986 track with video accompaniment from 2008
Open Your Eyes! (2008, 22 mins): Pasolini and his actors at work on the set of Salí²
Walking with Pasolini (2008, 22 mins): documentary featuring Neil Bartlett and Noam Chomsky
Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die (1981, 101 mins): classic documentary on the life and death of Pasolini
Salí²: Fade to Black (2001, 24 mins): documentary exploring Pasolini's Salí²
Ostia (1987, 27 mins): features Derek Jarman, and also includes optional audio commentary
The End of Salí² (2008, 40 mins): documentary looking at the film's production
Enfants de Salí² (2009, 18 mins): French filmmakers including Gaspar Noé deconstruct Salí²
Original Italian trailer
Illustrated booklet (**first pressing only**) including an essay by Sam Rohdie, a 1979 review of the film by Gilbert Adair, James Ferman's (BBFC) letter of appeal to the Director of Public Prosecutions, Pasolini biography by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith, photographs of Pasolini at work on set, cast and credits
Product details
RRP: £24.99/ Cat. no. BFIB1359 / Cert 18
Italy, France / 1975 / colour / 117 mins / Italian and English language, with optional English and English hard-of-hearing subtitles / original aspect ratio 1.85:1 / BD50 x 2: / Disc 1: 1080p, 24fps, LPCM 1.0 mono audio (48kHz/24-bit) / Disc 2: 1080p, 24fps, Dolby Digital stereo audio
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