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====Date: [[:Category:1994|1994]]====


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====Subject: [[:Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation|Sexual/Gender Orientation]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]====
====Subject: [[:Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation|Sexual/Gender Orientation]]====


====Medium: [[:Category:Film Video|Film Video]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]====
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'''Artist:''' Pier Paolo Pasolini
'''Artist:''' Pier Paolo Pasolini
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'''Location:''' Cincinnati Ohio
'''Location:''' Cincinnati Ohio


'''Description of Artwork:''' Pier Paolo Pasonlini's 1975 movie Salo is a brutal depiction of fascism. It resets de Sade's 120 Days of Sodom in Mussolini's Italy and depicts fascists brutalizing teenagers. It is a difficult film to watch, but an important one.
'''Description of Artwork:''' Pier Paolo Pasonlini's 1975 movie ''Salo'' is a brutal depiction of fascism. It resets de Sade's 120 Days of Sodom in Mussolini's Italy and depicts fascists brutalizing teenagers. It is a difficult film to watch, but an important one.


'''The Incident:''' An undercover policeman rented the video from the Pink Pyramid, a gay/lesbian bookstore, and charged the store with pandering obscenity.
'''The Incident:''' An undercover policeman rented the video from the Pink Pyramid, a gay/lesbian bookstore, and charged the store with pandering obscenity.
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'''Source:''' Robert B. Chatelle (Cambridge, MA) from News accounts, bookstore manager, bookstore lawyer.
'''Source:''' Robert B. Chatelle (Cambridge, MA) from News accounts, bookstore manager, bookstore lawyer.


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Revision as of 21:52, 28 July 2011

Date: 1994

Region: North America

Subject: Sexual/Gender Orientation

Medium: Film Video


Artist: Pier Paolo Pasolini

Confronting Bodies: Cincinnati police

Dates of Action: June of 1994

Location: Cincinnati Ohio

Description of Artwork: Pier Paolo Pasonlini's 1975 movie Salo is a brutal depiction of fascism. It resets de Sade's 120 Days of Sodom in Mussolini's Italy and depicts fascists brutalizing teenagers. It is a difficult film to watch, but an important one.

The Incident: An undercover policeman rented the video from the Pink Pyramid, a gay/lesbian bookstore, and charged the store with pandering obscenity.

Results of Incident: The case is still before the courts.

Source: Robert B. Chatelle (Cambridge, MA) from News accounts, bookstore manager, bookstore lawyer.