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The best thing about this movie is the Morricone soundtrack. Everything is filmed in a very flat ugly style. Atmospherically it is quite strange but its just so slow and ... there just isn't much to it. The book is slightly more entertaining, but in both cases, the story behind the story (like Pasolini being murdered after this film was completed, apparently because of this film) is a lot more interesting than the works themselves.
Trivia: At one point, the original Criterion DVD for this went for around $840. I knew a guy with a copy of it, too (though his was opened, so it was "only" probably worth like $500), but he wouldn't part with it.
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