"Salò, czyli 120 dni Sodomy" zbędna prowokacja artystyczna czy wyklęte arcydzieło kinematografii?
'Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom' - an Unnecessary Artistic Provocation or a Proscribed Masterpiece of Cinema?

Summary/Abstract: Pier Paolo Pasolini’s work has always attracted controversy and divided the audience into die-hard supporters and those who categorically rejected his works. Lipowicz attempts to analyse and interpret Pasolini’s last film "Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom" ("Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma" /1975/) from the philosophical and sociological point of view. He argues that Salò is an inconvenient and therefore proscribed masterpiece of cinema, and that it shows the transition of the Western culture from modernity to post-modernity in a critical and pessimistic manner. From the contemporary perspective this film is an important reminder that we should not forget that under the guise of social diversity, we, supposedly free citizens, are forced to live in and participate in consumer culture, which not only imposes on us its ideas, norms, values and customs, but also interferes with even the most intimate areas of our lives.

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