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Posted at May 27, 2017, 5:30 pm: Is Cannibal Holocaust justified filmmaking or is it exploitive snuff? For those who haven't seen Cannibal Holocaust (spoilers, just so you know), the touted influence for The Blair Witch Project, it tells the story of a group of documentary filmmakers who travel into the Amazon to make a film about the elusive Yanomamo tribe of cannibals. The expedition goes wrong and NYU then sends in a professor to uncover what happened to them. Once he makes contact with the tribe he discovers their footage and eventually brings it back to NY. In NY they watch the footage which shows the documentarians manipulating the tribe to get horrible shock footage out of them and then having the tribe revolt against them, kill them and eat them. The question the movie asks is are these people being filmed cannibals or are we, the viewer, the cannibals for seeking out and producing such film. The people trying to retrieve the footage are eager to exploit the Yanomamo for profit - to exploit the horrors they face, but are disgusted when they finally view the last reel of the footage in which their crew is slaughtered. This synposis may not be as convincing, but I do think the movie makes a profound statement in the last 30 minutes about violence, gore, our fascination with it and societal cannibalism. However, is this point null and void because of the lengths the filmmakers go to to make it? Before we see their deaths, the "found footage" of the crew contains many shots of the actors killing and brutalizing animals in a very real way. We see various animals killed and eaten (from a pig to a monkey), but what absolutely pushed the limit to me was the savage, real killing of a giant turtle for food. We, the viewer, witness real footage of the actors decapitating, deshelling and gutting a turtle - all while it writhes in pain. While the acts of violence commited by people towards people is not real (though the ethical exploitation of the natives as actors is another issue entirely), does the killing of animals for the sake of capturing the horror of it, and thus sky-rocketing the illusion of realism in the last reel, void the point the filmmakers are making in saying, "we are the real cannibals", or is it a necessary evil to their goal that can be forgiven in the pursuit of art. I think Cannibal Holocaust is a tremendeously vocal film, but I can't endorse it because of the level of exploitation the filmmakers went to to make the point that we as a society are grossly exploititve of the world and its inhabitants everywhere. What do other people think? Is the voice of the filmmakers behind Cannibal Holocaust a valid one? Or is the entire point of the film redundant because it is completely cyclical in nature? Does it even matter if the footage in the movie (even the "found footage") is real or not? Is filming exploitation to make a statement about exploitation justified? I'm somewhat torn. Original of the message was taken from http://www.movieforums.com/community/ Replies:While Cannibal Holocaust is notorious for it's animal killings, it is ...I would need to see the film to have anything interesting to say. Other Topics of Movie Forums:The Movie Club Discussion - MunichBlade Runner drops in price: Could it be time? Discworld: Liveaction to hit UK TV Best Sex Scene Just a Quick Question.... Movies you couldn't even finish. Must-see movies King Kong 2005 Steven Spielberg Best Movie Soundtracks? WEIRD TALES: Describe your Nightstand DVD Decision 2006 Movie Pictionary - MS Paint style Commentary Tab Easy ways to tackle Global Warming Indiana Jones IV Mel Gibson's Apocalypto Movies You Wished You Lived In Paris, je t'aime Any independent digital film-makers on this forum? Alien Body Snatcher flicks Mission Impossible 3 Teaser Rent Me Minion's Mel Points Movies you are afraid of Orginal Vs. Remake Whiny babies on the highway Smilies and Moods: Post your own, or your ideas 2006 Independent Spirit Awards The big but(t) the nothing thread How to be a Film Buff What's on your Advent Calendar Today? The Cinema Taste Test! Rachel McAdams: a skilled actress? Stumbleupon Silent Hill Teaser Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman Limited Edition DVD Neone have MSN??? Best Hat in a Movie Helpful Hints Did you get a phone call from samuel? Favourite composer? Hey I can review too! Crank Minions misled bed thread Regionless DVD players? |