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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs  
If anyone has any comments to make regarding the films i do a post for - Fantacide for example
and would like it adding to that films post then please say so when you comment on here and i'll add it.  |
Watching these kind of films can take you to some strange places. Like, I can watch stuff like 'A Serbian Film' and think "well, that's OK I guess..." whereas 'Fantacide' did push my buttons a bit. There was no differentiation between the racism depicted and the directorial intent. Quite often I felt uncomfortable with it, in the same way that I would yawn and grind my teeth on encountering a pub bigot. Not at the same time, obviously. I suppose you can ask what's at stake in watching 'transgressive' films... we know the price of the ticket when we get on the ride, so what's to complain about? 'Uncomfortable' is sometimes the point, I know. Anyway, I'm a hypocrite, for example I abhor animal violence but own an uncut copy of 'Cannibal Holocaust' etc.