Nienasycenie

I just finished watching "Nienasycenie" ("Insatibility") a film directed by Wiktor Grodecki. It was based on the novel by the same title by Stanisław Ignacy Witkieiwics. Pier Paolo Pasolini based his last film, "Salo," on the same novel. In this film Cezary Pazura played three very different roles. It has some shocking imagery. Pasolini had thought that his film would never be seen by the public. He said that it would be destroyed before it could be shown. He was killed before it was released. I have only seen some still photography from that film, so I do not know how similar these films are to each other. In "Nienasycenie" the erotic and the violent are often juxtaposed. Much of the dialogue is bullshit disguised as philosophy. Often people who think of themselves as intellectual will accept the most ridiculous ideas as long as they are presented with big words and complex syntax, especially when the ideas contradict themselves. Even though most of the violent images appear very fake they are still shocking. It is another film that plays with reality. Was it a dream within a dream? All of the characters are insane to some degree. The line between pleasure and pain is frequently blurred. The novel was written published in Poland in 1930. One of the characters played by Cezary Pazura is a commander who is both tyrannical and masochistic. He says he loves the soldiers and for that reason must discipline them. This reminds me of what has been by totalitarian leaders. Throughout the film there is the idea that one cannot show their love for someone else without causing them harm. This idea is complete bullshit. I think this film is satirizing that idea. There are some scenes that are purposefully unrealistic. There is scene that takes place on a train. What is seen through the windows is a painted landscape. There are also juxtapositions of violence and frivolity. In one of the scenes towards the end of the film, soldiers are shooting at each other while people dance to lighthearted music in the foreground. The English subtitles are very clumsy. I wonder if the person who wrote the notes on the DVD case even saw the film. One of the characters portrayed in the film is described as a "mad gay hunchback monk." There is nothing remotely monk-like about the character. He is a composer who is probably insane to a degree and perhaps gay or bisexual. It has been said that there is a thin line between insanity and genius. I would like to know what people in Poland think of this movie. I would also like to read the book.
This film is said to be a remake of the film by Pasolini. If two films are based on the same book, is one necessarily the remake of the other? Could they not be different views of the same thing? Just because one was made before does mean that one is a remake of the other. I do not know if Grodecki ever saw Pasolini's film. His film was based on the book not Pasolini's film.