The Cinema Snob

Salo, or The 120 Days of Sodom (3x10)

: 28, 2008

The Cinema Snob loves Pier Pasolini's "Salo." But at what cost? I get asked a lot what my favorite review of the entire series is. The answer to that question is this one right here. The "Salo" video. It isn't the funniest of the whole series, and it might not have a lot of rewatchable value, but it's definitely the most stand out video of all of them I've done. The video just started out as an experiment. What if the Snob reviewed Passolini's "Salo," one of the most controversial, perverted, and disgusting movie on the face of the planet; but as a twist, the character loves the movie because it's still a pretentious art film, even though the movie makes him physically sick. It's the hardest video I ever had to write for the series. It's one thing writing a fake negative review for a movie I kinda like, but it's a whole other thing to write an incredibly pretentious positive review for a movie that I personally don't like. This video is my favorite, because the entire series is satirical. It makes fun of pompous arrogant movie critics who try to review exploitation films (and yes, it's also about me taking many jabs at the movies themselves). And in my mind, this review really gets that through, because in the league of artsy film criticism, the same critic who would give something like "Cannibal Holocaust" a zero star review would turn right around and give a movie like "Salo" a Best Film of the Decade award. To me, this video really nails that home, and that's why this one is my favorite.