History Trivia / SaloOrThe120DaysOfSodom

* RealSongThemeTune: The opening music is "Son Tanto Triste," with words and music by Alfredo Bracchi and Franco Ansaldo, respectively. For the film, however, Ennio Morricone conducts an instrumental version.

* DuelingWorks: With ''Film/FellinisCasanova'', which was also released in Italy in 1976. Both are Italian films that explore debauchery as CentralTheme, and both are based on the writings of a famous libertine figure of the 18th century -- ''Literature/The120DaysOfSodom'' by the Creator/MarquisDeSade on one hand, and Creator/GiacomoCasanova's autobiography on the other. ''Salò'' goes full throttle and UpToEleven with the debauchery/depravity, while ''Fellini's Casanova'' is made of LewdLustChasteSex and {{Sexy Discretion Shot}}s. Also, both films were produced by Alberto Grimaldi.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Surprisingly enough, this was completely averted. Actress Hélène Surgère described the atmosphere on set as fun-loving, jovial, and immature despite the nasty content of the film. Everyone got along very well and there were no arguments or fights at any point during filming, with the majority of the cast using it as an excuse to goof off and play childish pranks on each other. Several of the actors later stated how shocked they were by the finished product, as they had so much fun on set they failed to realise just how dark and horrifying the film actually was. On the other hand, Franco Merli, who played one of the male victims, suffered a panic attack during the sequence where he has a gun held to his head. It ruined the take and took at least an hour for the other actors to calm him down.

* SameLanguageDub: Due to the incredibly controversial nature of the film, none of the actors was able to return to post-production to dub their dialogue (the film, as with most Italian films at the time, was shot silently with all dialogue added via ADR). As a result, every single actor in the film is dubbed, with the exceptions of Caterina Boratto (Signora Castelli).

* OneBookAuthor: For many of the actors, ''Salo'' was their one and only film.

* TheDanza: Many of the victims share their names with the actors playing them.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Surprisingly enough, this was completely averted. Actress Hélène Surgère described the atmosphere on set as fun-loving, jovial, and immature despite the nasty content of the film. Everyone got along very well and there were no arguments or fights at any point during filming; with the majority of the cast using it as an excuse to goof off and play childish pranks on each other. Several of the actors later stated how shocked they were by the finished product, as they had so much fun on set they failed to realise just how dark and horrifying the film actually was. Perhaps the sole exception to this was when Franco Merli, who played one of the male victims, suffered a panic attack during the sequence where he has a gun held to his head. It ruined the take and took at least an hour for the other actors to calm him down.

* AmateurCast: Par for the course for a Pasolini film. While most of the adults were professional actors, many of victims were played by teenagers in their first or only film roles.
* BannedInChina: This film was predictably banned on about half of Europe for about 20 years following its release. Now it has been unbanned pretty much everywhere.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Suprisingly enough, this was completely averted. Actress Hélène Surgère described the atmosphere on set as fun-loving, jovial, and immature despite the nasty content of the film. Everyone got along very well and there were no arguments or fights at any point during filming; with the majority of the cast using it as an excuse to goof off and play childish pranks on each other. Several of the actors later stated how shocked they were by the finished product, as they had so much fun on set they failed to realise just how dark and horrifying the film actually was.
** The only exception was Franco Merli, who played one of the male victims, and suffered a panic attack during the sequence where he has a gun held to his head. It ruined the take and took at least an hour for the other actors to calm him down.

* SameLanguageDub: Due to the incredibly controversial nature of the film, none of the actors were able to return to post-production to dub their dialogue (the film, as with most Italian films at the time, was shot silently with all dialogue added via ADR). As a result, every single actor in the film is dubbed, with the exceptions of Caterina Boratto (Signora Castelli).

* HostilityOnTheSet: Suprisingly enough, this was completely averted. French actress Hélène Surgère described the atmosphere on set as fun-loving, jovial, and immature despite the nasty content of the film. Everyone got along very well and there were no arguments or fights at any point during filming; with the majority of the cast using it as an excuse to goof off and play childish pranks on each other. Several of the actors later stated how shocked they were by the finished product, as they had so much fun on set they failed to realise just how dark and horrifying the film actually was.

* DuelingWorks: With ''Film/FellinisCasanova'', which was also released in Italy in 1976. Both are Italian films that explore debauchery as CentralTheme, and both are based on the writings of a famous libertine figure of the 18th century -- ''Literature/The120DaysOfSodom'' by the Creator/MarquisDeSade on one hand, and Creator/GiacomoCasanova's autobiography on the other. ''Salò'' goes full throttle and UpToEleven with the debauchery/depravity, while ''Fellini's Casanova'' is made of LewdLustChasteSex and {{Sexy Discretion Shot}}s.

* DuelingWorks: With ''Film/FellinisCasanova'', which was also released in Italy in 1976. Both are Italian films that explore debauchery as CentralTheme, and both are based on the writings of a famous libertine figure of the 18th century -- ''Literature/The120DaysOfSodom'' by the Creator/MarquisDeSade on one hand, and Creator/GiacomoCasanova's autobiography on the other.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Suprisingly enough, this was completely averted. French actress Hélène Surgère described the atmosphere on set as fun loving, jovial and immature despite the nasty content of the film. Everyone got along very well and there were no arguments or fights at any point during filming; with the majority of the cast using it as an excuse to goof off and play childish pranks on each other. Several of the actors later stated how shocked they were by the finished product, as they had so much fun on set they failed to realise just how dark and horrifying the film actually was.

* PosthumousCredit: The film's director, Pier Paolo Pasolini, was murdered before the film was released.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Suprisingly enough, this was completely averted. Actress Hélène Surgere described the atmosphere on set as fun loving, jovial and immature despite the nasty content of the film. Everyone got along very well and there were no arguments or fights at any point during filming; with the majority of the cast using it as an excuse to goof off and play childish pranks on each other. Several of the actors later stated how shocked they were by the finished product, as they had so much fun on set they failed to realise just how dark and horrifying the film actually was.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: The film's director, Pier Paolo Pasolini, was murdered before the film was released.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Suprisingly enough, this was completely averted. Actress Hélène Surgere described the atmosphere on set as fun loving, jovial and immature despite the nasty content of the film. Everyone also got along very well and there were no arguments or fights at any point during filming, with the majority of the cast using it as an excuse to goof off and play childish pranks on each other. Several of the actors later stated how shocked they were by the finished product, as they had so much fun on set they failed to realise just how dark and horrifying the film actually was.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Suprisingly enough, this was completely averted. The actors and crew who were asked about the film stated that everyone had fun working on it. The atmosphere on set was described as lighthearted, jovial and fun loving despite the nasty content and that there were no arguments or fights at any point. Several of the actors and actresses also said that they had such a great time making it they didn't realise how dark the film actually was until they saw the finished product.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Suprisingly enough, this was completely averted. The actors and crew who were asked about the film stated that everyone had fun working on it. The atmosphere on set was described as lighthearted, jovial and fun loving despite the nasty content and there were no arguments or fights. Several of the actors also said that they had such a great time making it they didn't realise how dark the film actually was until they saw the finished product.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Suprisingly enough, this was completely averted. The actors and crew who wwere asked about the film stated that everyone had fun working on it. The atmosphere on set was described as lighthearted, jovial and fun loving despite the nasty content and there were no arguments or fights. Several of the actors also said that they had such a great time making it they didn't realise how dark the film actually was until they saw the finished product.