 In 2006 Franco Merli once again appeared on the big screen when Giuseppe Bertolucci's documentary on Pasolini and the making of Salò, "Pasolini prossimo nostro" ("Pasolini Next to Us") premiered at the Venice Film Festival.Merli could be seen in still photographs and behind the screen shots by set photographer Deborah Beer as well as in the shooting of his torture scene as captured by British documentarist Gideon Bachman.The film was released on DVD in Italy in May 2007.