意大利已故导演皮埃尔·保罗·帕索里尼的争议电影《索多玛120天》定于8月29日在悉尼的Dangerous Ideas电影节上进行难得一见的公开放映[1]。这部1975年发行的影片因其极端内容在全球多地遭禁，包括澳大利亚在内。该片原定于1975年11月上映，距离帕索里尼被谋杀仅三周[1]。
在澳大利亚，这部电影经历了复杂的审查历程[1]。影片于1976年因"极端虐待、性暴力和心理折磨"被禁，其后在1992年获得R18+评级解禁，1998年再次被禁，直到2010年才最终解禁并发行DVD[1]。2010年解禁时，发行方被要求增加176分钟的补充材料以提供电影背景[1]。
本次放映将作为Festival of Dangerous Ideas旗下Dangerous Films项目的一部分，同场放映的还包括《零黑暗三十》和《捷运情缘》等争议电影[1]。天主教神父彼得·马龙曾在1998年影片再次被禁时为其进行辩护，称该片是"关于法西斯主义、极权和人类尊严腐蚀的尖锐政治寓言"[1]。
Pier Paolo Pasolini's controversial 1975 film Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom will receive a rare public screening on August 29 at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas in Sydney, as part of the festival's Dangerous Films program.[1] The Italian director's final work, released just three weeks after Pasolini's murder, has endured a turbulent censorship history in Australia and many other countries due to its extreme and disturbing content.[1]
The film's regulatory journey in Australia reflects decades of contention.[1] Originally banned in 1976 for depicting "extreme abuse, sexual violence and psychological torture," it was reclassified with an R18+ rating in 1992, only to be prohibited again in 1998 before being finally cleared for DVD release in 2010.[1] When the ban was lifted in 2010, authorities required the addition of 176 minutes of supplementary material to provide historical context.[1] The August 29 screening will appear alongside other contested works including Zero Dark Thirty and Portable Cities.[1]
Some religious figures have defended the film's artistic merit despite its graphic nature. Catholic priest Peter Malone argued during the 1998 reinstatement of the ban that the work constitutes "a sharp political allegory about fascism, totalitarianism and the corruption of human dignity."[1]