tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post8048064342192601661..comments2023-11-05T02:01:53.847-06:00Comments on Antagony & Ecstasy: SUMMER OF BLOOD: THE GREEN INFERNOTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491952893581644049noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-31954359180413058392021-10-08T21:37:10.010-05:002021-10-08T21:37:10.010-05:00Strange movie, surprisingly not that violent i fou...Strange movie, surprisingly not that violent i found<br />an scathing indictment of Mass Media and Imperialism. In an subversive manner, brilliant. We root for the comeuppance of the arrogant documentarians and yet, the final vestiges of gore and brutality feel anti-climatic.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02292148229688633095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-70937594086587847842015-10-06T23:05:00.747-05:002015-10-06T23:05:00.747-05:00You know what? I would describe Cannibal Holocaust...You know what? I would describe Cannibal Holocaust as awesome. I don't mean that in the colloquial sense of it being good, I mean it in the dictionary sense of it being awe-inspiring.<br /><br />Because it is. It's an absolute bottomless abyss of brutality and cruelty, and at the same time, it manages to legitimately say something. And what it says is simultaneously extremely timely (given the mondo film fad) and somewhat prescient, at that. I will never watch it again, because it is <i>massively</i> unpleasant on a primal level, but I still believe it is a truly good film and a landmark work of art in spite of this fact.<br /><br />If you want to see something of Deodato's that marches to a similar beat, but a much less grim one, check out 1985's Cut and Run. Plenty of gore, and the same level of behind-camera mastery, but Cut and Run has the tone of an Indiana Jones movie for the most part, rather than the cinema verite cruelty of Cannibal Holocaust.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09332285454640591946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-39269980340172044162014-08-21T17:52:28.553-05:002014-08-21T17:52:28.553-05:00I may or may not be reviewing Salo in the middle-d...I may or may not be reviewing <i>Salo</i> in the middle-distant future. We'll see how it plays out.<br /><br />To the matter at hand- That's some awfully fine complimenting from 366weirdmovies, whose website I have been admiring for some while now, and I thank you for it. It's definitely a rough, unpleasant movie, and I kind of loathe it too, but it's simply not the kind of thing I felt it was possible to dismiss out of hand.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09491952893581644049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-48726793924725006482014-08-21T16:53:55.206-05:002014-08-21T16:53:55.206-05:00Since this zombie thread has shambled back to life...Since this zombie thread has shambled back to life, I must add that Salo is a legitimately great movie. It is, however, not for most audiences. <br /><br />Even most horror fans aren't ready for it, because it isn't horrifying in the typical way. It's just kind of a black pit of sadism, and the end result is that the only people in a position to subvert evil would prefer to turn around and pretend it isn't there.<br /><br />The horror in Salo comes only partially from the incomparable acts depicted (it did almost make me lose my lunch in the middle there) but more from the sheer power of its art. It's such a good film, that once I get over processing the imagery, I can't wait to explore precisely how it was able to accomplish what it did.<br /><br />While I haven't seen Cannibal Holocaust, I gather the same cannot be said for it.David Greenwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03666205737413060006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-47805325203726525232014-08-21T09:53:01.792-05:002014-08-21T09:53:01.792-05:00This is almost certainly the most detailed and tho...This is almost certainly the most detailed and thoughtful analysis of "Cannibal Holocaust" available.<br /><br />To me, the crucial thing in your analysis is that, rather than trying to scrape together some social relevance argument, you defend the movie on the only basis possible: that its nihilism is a legitimate part of the human experience and a legitimate subject for art. I loathe this film, but I applaud you for doing the best job possible of giving "Cannibal Holocaust" the benefit of the doubt and a fair hearing.366weirdmovieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02546571816914498606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-42863067376840027192012-01-08T11:16:01.727-06:002012-01-08T11:16:01.727-06:00Good review! I think that it is a decent film onc...Good review! I think that it is a decent film once you get past the gore.<br /><br />When I saw it, I thought that the abortion scene was so obviously fake that I don't know why they bothered to include it. The BBFC used to have comments on the film's violence on the website, but they've gone now. They said that this scene was obviously fake. <br /><br />Personally I think the spider-monkey scene is the worst by far. In fact, it's the worst thing that I've ever seen in a film.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04081841460525341333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-2311354602430746072010-11-18T19:32:53.654-06:002010-11-18T19:32:53.654-06:00I actually think 'Salo: 120 Days of Sodom"...I actually think 'Salo: 120 Days of Sodom" is more disturbing than "Cannibal Holocaust." While I 100% agree about any type of animal cruelty, the only argument I can think of is that that is, unfortunately, what sometimes happens in nature? Not a good argument, but one nonetheless. "Salo" is just disgusting with the defecation, gay/lesbian/bisexual encounters, and eventual torture and death for TEENAGERS. However, the only 2 arguments for that film is that is a great example of how awful the Nazis were and that the film is not just a Criterion Edition, but that it was one of the first to be released.rananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08686995947751859126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-69255999996809909772010-10-03T00:03:34.920-05:002010-10-03T00:03:34.920-05:00I don't know, it's sort of a cheat. Like w...I don't know, it's sort of a cheat. Like watching <i>Birth of a Nation</i> digitally scrubbed to make the black characters look white.<br /><br />And I really can't in good faith say you "should" see it - it's quite cruel and unpleasant, and even setting aside its extremities, it's just not very intellectually edifying.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09491952893581644049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-31113075545000412892010-10-01T02:09:48.682-05:002010-10-01T02:09:48.682-05:00I have been able to stomach "Salo" and &...I have been able to stomach "Salo" and "In A Glass Cage" both disturbing but arty and substantial films but I have yet to test my metal to "Cannibal Holocaust"<br />Is it worth it?<br />I've read so much about it that I kind of feel I should but at the same time I don't feel good about monetarily supporting this nor about seeing actual animal or human murder (the guerilla executions) onscreen. I heard you can play the DVD feature that skips past the animal parts but would viewing that version rob the film of it's *ahem* integrity? I'm a horror genre fan and the (twisted) praises of this film are often sung in horror literature. But I dont know. Can it really be so awful?Kaiboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01012824384217320886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-45912422126741992172010-09-10T23:04:39.281-05:002010-09-10T23:04:39.281-05:00Let us not underrate the influence of John Stuart ...Let us not underrate the influence of John Stuart Grindhouse. His second treatise on "The Rights Of Man To Enjoy Tits and Gore" made some astute points.Bryce Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17040954580033470664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-9371389156457758502010-09-09T00:25:58.795-05:002010-09-09T00:25:58.795-05:00That was one of them. Also the Holocaust docs Nigh...That was one of them. Also the Holocaust docs <i>Night and Fog</i> and <i>Shoah</i>. It occurs to me that I've never seen a fiction film to do it, perhaps because they are, after all, fiction.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09491952893581644049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-79088866644775268532010-09-08T23:46:30.982-05:002010-09-08T23:46:30.982-05:00"that the film makes life itself a bit less j..."that the film makes life itself a bit less joyous (and I have, for the record, seen films that have done that to me)"<br /><br />I may be wrong, but it is my impression that you are talking about Dear Zachery, no?The.Watcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06746957245529915320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-78289387348317505722010-09-08T17:52:29.826-05:002010-09-08T17:52:29.826-05:00Densua- If I could ever pick a film to not blind-b...Densua- If I could ever pick a film to <i>not</i> blind-buy, it would be this one.<br /><br />chiaroscurocoalition- I'm right with you. With another day between me and the film, I've begun to notice that, if anything, it's even <i>more</i> racist than the genre norm, particularly in the first half. And I think it's precisely because it's so much more agitated in pushing its themes that this is the case.<br /><br />Also, anyone who describes this film as "awesome" is somebody that I'd back away from, slowly, if I met them at a party.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09491952893581644049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-35333234126476361352010-09-08T16:21:49.205-05:002010-09-08T16:21:49.205-05:00That's what I love about this blog; you're...That's what I love about this blog; you're able to write an entire series of reviews of both gory cult horror and Disney animated films with equal sincerity and wit. This has been a lot of fun.Robert Hamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16541236953808315151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-61723015163933390312010-09-08T15:25:20.158-05:002010-09-08T15:25:20.158-05:00I've never liked how they try to get around th...I've never liked how they try to get around the casual racism by setting up the white folk as 'deserving'. Especially when the genre banks on the West's fear of The Other/Savage Native etc...<br /><br />There's an undeniable care that went into its making and construction (i.e. really playing up the voyeuristic angle of the final assaults) but that somehow makes it worse. There's a lot to discuss here, but I can't help feel that ardent defenders who think it's 'awesome' (harry k, ahem) are just geeks in the worst possible way. Very aware how unfair that is, by the way.<br /><br />P.S. Fun Fact! I found this blog 3 years ago when googling this film.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-16189866704244577012010-09-08T13:14:00.220-05:002010-09-08T13:14:00.220-05:00That DVD disclaimer sounds very much like the one ...That DVD disclaimer sounds very much like the one on my copy of The Turner Diaries, though in that case it may be more justified, since we're talking about a genuinely evil book by a genuinely evil man.<br /><br />Illuminating review. As someone less battle-hardened than you, I'm quite sure that seeing this would leave me feeling sick and upset for days, but I approve of taking such things as seriously as is warranted.GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-45522245271656702702010-09-08T11:52:30.268-05:002010-09-08T11:52:30.268-05:00As it happens, I just saw this for the second (!) ...As it happens, I just saw this for the second (!) time, the first time theatrically, courtesy of a local grindhouse fanatic who's been sponsoring midnight movies at one of local historic movie houses.<br /><br />http://gatewaycinephiles.com/2010/09/01/film-diary-cannibal-holocaust/The Caustic Ignostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08573539801150336099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-16311934133993848302010-09-08T09:34:33.431-05:002010-09-08T09:34:33.431-05:00You had me at Cannibal Holocaust.
*goes to amazon...You had me at Cannibal Holocaust.<br /><br />*goes to amazon*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com