jenifer8, I had the exact same dissusion word for word with Kameron on another thread.
I withdraw that post as I could see it was going nowhere.
All I can say is this,
I enjoy the Cannibal films, I cant understand how a film fan can call the work of respected directors of any genre ' Trash,' have you no respect for any directors vision, or point. ? You obviously dont know the story that led to Deodato making Holocaust and you obviously can't read film or else you wouid see the message the film rather clearly puts across. And its not 'were the real cannibals'.
Holocaust contains the scenes it does to bring us into the savage life of the jungle, a world we as Europeans can't comprehend ,so those scenes help us realise the savery of life in this environment very quickly. . , It also has these scenes for another very valid reason, if you watch the film, maybe this message may become clear to you. If you still don't get the message then I suggest you run the title through Wikipedia.
I can fully understand Deodato's anger that prompted him to make the film so strong .
To call for a whole sub genre of films to be banned you must be very Pro Censorship.
There's lots of films that contain similar acts as those commited in Holocaust such as rape for one, so would you also want films as diverse as LHOTL to Venus in Furs to be banned, cause rape features in both those films yet they are very different viewing experience's. .
You cant ban one group of films without it having a knock on effect on a hell of alot of other types of film.
I enjoy Cannibal films in both uncut and cut form but I prefer them uncut and I make no appoligies for doing so.
If you wish to discuss the Cannibal films futher i'll be quite happy to but only when you are willing to look at the film's as a full experience .
Did you know that a well known Cannibal film shot scenes of a crocodile being killed in a crocodile farm, using qualified butchers , doing their every day job, who they paid to dress as natives then inserted it in to the film as jungle footage.
When ever you know the full facts , come back as i'd love to here your views then , as currently there identical, word for word to another member on this forum who also ranted without doing any reseach on the subject.
Last edited by vipco; 31st May 2008 at 02:20 PM.
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