In that case I'd definitely caution against reading 120 days of sodom - it's far, far, far worse than that sort of deeply odd sexual behaviour. It's the only book that I've physically recoiled from when reading sections of it.Yeah, I didn't say it was non-consensual. It was still the grimmest thing ever.I am fairly squeamish. If I'd known what the book contained, I wouldn't have started it.
In that case I'd definitely caution against reading 120 days of sodom - it's far, far, far worse than that sort of deeply odd sexual behaviour. It's the only book that I've physically recoiled from when reading sections of it.
Weird isn't it? You read something and go 'fucking hell, that's just wrong'It really is specifically wounds and injuries that I struggle with. I didn't know I had a line before, but Crash crossed it.
It really is specifically wounds and injuries that I struggle with. I didn't know I had a line before, but Crash crossed it.
In that case I'd definitely caution against reading 120 days of sodom - it's far, far, far worse than that sort of deeply odd sexual behaviour. It's the only book that I've physically recoiled from when reading sections of it.
They express themselves their work.
"Asking for a friend".
Yep. I picked em up as a curiosity. I knew people that never read anything , that started reading for leisure because of these books. Now there’s a conundrum
The book makes the film look like Sesame Street. What makes it a little more bearable is that de Sade never finished it and the later sections only are rough drafts.
I hope there is no film. The book is profoundly depraved and sickening. Just awful. No way could a film be made of that book - it's way too disgusting.
There's something deeply wrong with me because I am interested now.I hope there is no film. The book is profoundly depraved and sickening. Just awful. No way could a film be made of that book - it's way too disgusting.
What? He wrote a book? Yuk.
What? He wrote a book? Yuk.
Salo or The 120 Days of Sodom, the film by Pasolini is probably still the most notorious film of the 70s. A communist and hugely critical of the catholic church, he set it in Mussolini's Italy and while very extreme for a film of its time, it doesn't come near the atrocities depicted in the book. It took me till about a decade ago to pluck up the courage to check it out and when I did I rather liked it. The sections with the elderly prostitutes telling their stories are spellbinding. The scenes of torture and abuse are still upsetting but not so much when compared to some horror films which have come out since.I hope there is no film. The book is profoundly depraved and sickening. Just awful. No way could a film be made of that book - it's way too disgusting.
Quite liked the book (I like Ballard) but agree about the film. A complete waste all round and really really dull.
It is! My mum (Ex social worker) has a copy which they had in the office at work.
You should probably avoid 'The Atrocity Exhibition' by Ballard.It really is specifically wounds and injuries that I struggle with. I didn't know I had a line before, but Crash crossed it.
What? He wrote a book? Yuk.
