Из почты. Киношное
Salò
How ‘civilized’ are ‘civilized’ people?
May 15th, 17:00 - 20:30 (including a break)
Location: VOC-zaal/Heren 17, Bushuis, Kloveniersburgwal 48
Accompanying lecture: dr. G. Hekma (in English)
movie in Italian with English subtitles
This year’s last film screening organized by SEC, student’s association sociology UvA, will show the notorious movie Salò, based on the 120 days of Sodom written by Marquis de Sade (1782). In this film the highly renowned Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini, inspired by neo-Marxist ideas, investigates the ‘other’ side of the human mind and the hypocrisy of civilization. The story, which is certain to change our outlook towards the world, starts in 1944 in a fascist North-Italian village called Salò. Four weighty individuals - the count, bishop, magistrate’s chief and the president - kidnap the most attractive among the local young boys and girls. The four highl-placed individuals reside in a castle, accompanied by the sixteen attractive victims, guards, slaves and three story tellers who are expected to improve the atmosphere by telling perverted stories. Pasolini’s aim was not solely to shock its audience, but rather to bring up several fascinating and fundamental questions: what is power and what is its range? To what extent are people able to bring in resistance before they give up and become accessory? How ‘civilized’ are ‘civilized’ people? And in addition, what is desire and how does it relate to power, violence and sex? Th is movie is a ‘must’ for every social scientist, for helping him/her to think about the ambiguity and the internal complexity of human nature.
How ‘civilized’ are ‘civilized’ people?
May 15th, 17:00 - 20:30 (including a break)
Location: VOC-zaal/Heren 17, Bushuis, Kloveniersburgwal 48
Accompanying lecture: dr. G. Hekma (in English)
movie in Italian with English subtitles
This year’s last film screening organized by SEC, student’s association sociology UvA, will show the notorious movie Salò, based on the 120 days of Sodom written by Marquis de Sade (1782). In this film the highly renowned Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini, inspired by neo-Marxist ideas, investigates the ‘other’ side of the human mind and the hypocrisy of civilization. The story, which is certain to change our outlook towards the world, starts in 1944 in a fascist North-Italian village called Salò. Four weighty individuals - the count, bishop, magistrate’s chief and the president - kidnap the most attractive among the local young boys and girls. The four highl-placed individuals reside in a castle, accompanied by the sixteen attractive victims, guards, slaves and three story tellers who are expected to improve the atmosphere by telling perverted stories. Pasolini’s aim was not solely to shock its audience, but rather to bring up several fascinating and fundamental questions: what is power and what is its range? To what extent are people able to bring in resistance before they give up and become accessory? How ‘civilized’ are ‘civilized’ people? And in addition, what is desire and how does it relate to power, violence and sex? Th is movie is a ‘must’ for every social scientist, for helping him/her to think about the ambiguity and the internal complexity of human nature.