In ancient Egyptian mythology, a dead person's soul would be weighed against the feather of truth in a ritual called a psychostasy. If their soul was lighter than the feather, it would ascend into the afterlife. Heavy souls were devoured by Maat, eater of the dead. Good films go to hard drive heaven while the recycle bin eats the rest.
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
An art film by Pier Paolo Pasolini.
Young prisoners are tortured and a woman relates stories of a perverse sexual nature.
I don't know whether to be confused by this or disgusted. It would seem that there is no real plot to this film and the characters don't make a big difference. The height of my disgust was reached at a scene in which a girl is forced to eat poop. Everyone eating poop in the next scene paled in light of the initial shock. The production value was superb, considering the date. I have to rate this poor because I don't think it's worth watching.
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