tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379353038189641208.post7568046065068958270..comments2024-01-03T02:22:23.394-05:00Comments on Cinephiliaque: Cannibal Holocaust - ReduxMPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08366182655374603950noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379353038189641208.post-84058818757994968972011-10-26T16:14:41.182-04:002011-10-26T16:14:41.182-04:00@Kevin, the movie could easily have been made with...@Kevin, the movie could easily have been made without the animal killing I agree. I also hate it. The faux documentary seems banal because the recipe has been used so many times that it's tasteless and in our time of reality television we are saturated with this kind of pseudo realistic images. Thanks for you comment! Much appreciated!<br /><br />@Michael, The new release of the DVD gives the film a great treatment. This is not the kind of film you like or love it's the narrative, like Kevin said, and the subtext message that is worth the look. I've seen it once and it is enough for me too... Thanx!MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366182655374603950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379353038189641208.post-79017395762695800732011-10-26T14:59:25.764-04:002011-10-26T14:59:25.764-04:00Nice post, Michaël. Like Kevin, I've seen the ...Nice post, Michaël. Like Kevin, I've seen the film only once, many years ago, via a grainy, bootleg VHS tape, and I have yet to watch it again. It's a powerful film, but I can't say I liked it, and I'm not sure if it's something I want or need to experience a second time. Everyone should see it at least once, though.Michael Groverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11415848614028804767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379353038189641208.post-45148220196112097492011-10-26T14:11:05.989-04:002011-10-26T14:11:05.989-04:00Great write-up, Michael! I agree the film is not e...Great write-up, Michael! I agree the film is not easy to watch. I've only seen it once, and I don't really have any urge to see it again. Also, it's not so much the violent imagery that bothers me about this movie...it's more the killing of the animals. I just hate it. And it's that element that really sours me on a lot of the meta-textual/social commentary that Deodato litters his film with...which is too bad because those narrative elements are actually quite good for what is otherwise a pretty banal faux documentary cannibal movie in the vein of <i>Mondo Cane</i>. <br /><br />You're right, though, this is a movie that horror buffs have a kind of rite of passage with. It's seminal in the ranks of Italian horror, that's for sure.Kevin J. Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17275402809912728035noreply@blogger.com