Pasolini's "Salo"
- Artist/Author/Producer: Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Confronting Bodies: Cincinnati police
- Dates of action: June of 1994
- Location: Cincinnati Ohio
- Description of the Art Work
- Pier Paolo Pasonlini's 1975 movie Salo is a brutal depiction
of fascism. It resets de Sade's 120 Days of Sodom in
Mussolini's Italy and depicts fascists brutalizing teenagers.
It is a difficult film to watch, but an important one.
- Description of incident
- An undercover policeman rented the video from the Pink
Pyramid, a gay/lesbian bookstore, and charged the store with
pandering obscenity.
- Results of incident
- The case is still before the courts.
Source: Robert B. Chatelle (Cambridge, MA) from News accounts,
bookstore manager, bookstore lawyer.
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