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Originally Posted by keirarts  I've posted this elsewhere, but am I the only one to feel the condemnation of these nazispolitation films is a little strange given the critical adoration of SALO. I always saw Salo as a classier variation on these movies that try to deal with mans inhumanity to man. |
I guess one major differentiator of
Salo is the absence of direct symbolism from that period....also it's the work of an acclaimed director (with left/liberal/libertarian politics) and widely accepted as a vicious criticism of fascism as opposed to an exploitation and/or fetishisation of it.