Some films have caused indelible trauma to viewers. We invite you to test your knowledge of 7 shocking feature films! Sensitive souls refrain !
Last June, Salò or the 120 Days of Sodom, one of the most shocking films in the history of cinema, was released in theaters. For the occasion, we offered you a quiz on the shocking works of the 7th art. As there is no shortage of traumatic films, test yourself again on this theme in this volume 2!
The cinema is full of radical, disturbing, sometimes unbearable works, capable of challenging and / or disgusting the spectators. For the best or for the worst !
For example, upon its release in the mid-1970s, Salò created a resounding scandal due to its controversial scenes of humiliation, sexual violence, and scatology.
A dark and pessimistic work, the feature film was banned and censored in many countries. Before passing the weapon to the left, Pasolini delivered a real bomb, creating without doubt one of the most striking cinematographic controversies of the century.
In Italy, the work has been banned for those under 18. With us, the ban will apply to those under 16 years old. In reference to Dante’s Inferno, the filmmaker chooses to baptize each part of his film as follows:
“The circle of passions”, “The circle of shit” and “The circle of blood”. A radical pamphlet against fascism, Salò goes deeper and deeper into trashy horror as it goes, leaving the viewer absolutely stunned in their seat.
It is true that Pasolini spares us nothing in this work. He does not hesitate to film close-ups of sexual abuse or young people forced to eat excrement.
The director sets up a device that puts us in the place of those powerful people who delight in these tortures. Thus, during an unbearable sequence, the organizers of these demonic orgies scrutinize with binoculars horrible tortures and killings.