I’ve seen Salo but I really wouldn’t call it good. I nearly did walk out, and I sat through Battlefield Earth (although admittedly I was drunk, which helped a lot)
@HawlSera oh, yeah but its initial run in Italy was less than a month before it got banned. Same thing happened a few times elsewhere. It had a run in the US. Some countries preemptively banned it.
In my country it was banned until 1997 which is when I saw it on the big screen, but we didn’t get legal distribution for DVDs until this century.
Weirdly enough the movies I’ve been to with the most audible walk-outs were all good films:
Exotica
Salo
Schindler’s list
I think two of them just got too much for people and the other one had them worried they’d wind up on a list.
I’ve seen Salo but I really wouldn’t call it good. I nearly did walk out, and I sat through Battlefield Earth (although admittedly I was drunk, which helped a lot)
Fair enough. It’s not good if your criteria for “good” includes being enjoyable, that’s for sure.
I think it’s very good and hope to never see it again.
I didn’t even know Salo had been theatrically released
@HawlSera oh, yeah but its initial run in Italy was less than a month before it got banned. Same thing happened a few times elsewhere. It had a run in the US. Some countries preemptively banned it.
In my country it was banned until 1997 which is when I saw it on the big screen, but we didn’t get legal distribution for DVDs until this century.