Os Cangaceiros
31st July 2010, 02:06
Cannibal Holocaust was an Italian production, directed by one Ruggero Deodato. It was filmed in the Colombian jungle, and concerned a missing group of filmmakers/explorers who disappeared there, and a professor who investigates their disappearence. When it was released, Deodato was arrested upon his return of Italy, the films seized, and he had to prove that he hadn't actually killed people during the filmmaking process. The film became the most banned film of all time internationally, and remains banned in a number of countries to this day.
This is one of my favorite films, and I'm wondering what others think of it, if anyone else here has seen it. I like it because of the crazy way the film was made and produced: the star of the film has said in interviews that the only reason he got the job was that the original lead disappeared and he had the same shoe size as the original lead (the costumes had already been made). The film was actually shot on location in the South American rainforest, and the indigenous people portrayed in the film were actual indigenous Colombian indians; there's a scene in the film in which one of the natives chops a (real) monkey's head in two and eats the brains (much of the controversy surrounding the film is in regards to the real animal deaths, including a large turtle that was dismembered and eaten by the crew). There's generally a sense of realism that the film has that I haven't seen in just about any other film. The score of the film is great, and it also kind of has a twisted morality that I like...it's essentially a film that critiques society's fascination with violence, wrapped up in an extremely violent exploitation film. Deodato claims that some of the themes dealt with the Vietnam War (particularly the explorers brutalizing the natives and burning one of their settlements) and the Italian media's hysterical coverage of the Red Brigades.
This is one of my favorite films, and I'm wondering what others think of it, if anyone else here has seen it. I like it because of the crazy way the film was made and produced: the star of the film has said in interviews that the only reason he got the job was that the original lead disappeared and he had the same shoe size as the original lead (the costumes had already been made). The film was actually shot on location in the South American rainforest, and the indigenous people portrayed in the film were actual indigenous Colombian indians; there's a scene in the film in which one of the natives chops a (real) monkey's head in two and eats the brains (much of the controversy surrounding the film is in regards to the real animal deaths, including a large turtle that was dismembered and eaten by the crew). There's generally a sense of realism that the film has that I haven't seen in just about any other film. The score of the film is great, and it also kind of has a twisted morality that I like...it's essentially a film that critiques society's fascination with violence, wrapped up in an extremely violent exploitation film. Deodato claims that some of the themes dealt with the Vietnam War (particularly the explorers brutalizing the natives and burning one of their settlements) and the Italian media's hysterical coverage of the Red Brigades.