The film is real, genuine and honest to the subject topic: 'Barbarity' can be innate in all humans. The 25 Most Controversial Movies Ever". Entertainment Weekly. No.882. New York City: Entertainment Weekly Inc. 16 June 2006 . Retrieved 1 February 2014.

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I am guessing we are meant to be impressed by the feeding scenes, since logic would lead you to believe that that is what a cannibal film centers on. If so, maybe that explains why all the natives must smear their food all over their faces before they eat it, although I am at a loss to explain why women are regularly mutilated, dismembered, fornicated with and THEN eaten. CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST is the farthest edge of Extreme Cinema--as in Extreme Sports. It feels stuntlike, yet the combination of amplified bloodlust and world-weary regret is unique. Like Lucio Fulci's even more personal CAT IN THE BRAIN, it's an affecting enactment of an exploitation artist's conscience tearing apart.

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a b c Kerman, Robert (12 November 2000). "Cannibal Holocaust DVD Commentary". Cannibal Holocaust DVD Extras (Interview). Interviewed by Sage Stallone, Bob Murawski. Tarrytown, New York.

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Due to its graphic content, there are several different versions in circulation, edited to varying degrees. In the United Kingdom, it was originally released on VHS by Go Video in 1982 with approximately six minutes of cuts. These cuts were self-imposed by the distributor, possibly due to technical limitations of the tape. [66] In 2001, the film was passed for release on DVD by the British Board of Film Classification with five minutes and 44 seconds of cuts to remove scenes of animal cruelty and sexual violence; all but 15 seconds of these cuts were waived for a re-release in 2011. [39] The latter also includes a new edit sponsored by Deodato, which reduces the violence toward animals. [67] Grindhouse Releasing's home video releases contain an "Animal Cruelty Free" version that omits the six animal deaths. Other versions also contain alternative footage shot specifically for Middle Eastern markets that do not depict nudity. [12] Robert Firsching of AllMovie made similar criticisms of the film's content, saying: "While the film is undoubtedly gruesome enough to satisfy fans, its mixture of nauseating mondo animal slaughter, repulsive sexual violence, and pie-faced attempts at socially conscious moralizing make it rather distasteful morally as well." [27] Slant Magazine's Eric Henderson said it is "artful enough to demand serious critical consideration, yet foul enough to christen you a pervert for even bothering." [28] Cannibal Holocaust, OFLC decision". Office of Film and Literature Classification, New Zealand. Archived from the original on 7 May 2008 . Retrieved 27 January 2008. D'Offizi, Sergio (interviewee) (2003). In the Jungle: The Making of Cannibal Holocaust (Documentary). Italy: Alan Young Pictures.

As has been noted, there is a jarring sense of realism to the cinematography; comparisons have been made to National Geographic pictorials, which I believe are apt comparisons as I at times felt like I was watching a National Geographic documentary gone terribly, terribly wrong. Narratively there are shades of Joseph Conrad lurking under the surface, which come into play particularly during the problematic last half of the film, in which the social commentary comes to the forefront; it's up to you whether or not the message is lost in its gratuitous translation, and even then, the message itself is problematic and loaded with historical implications that run deeper than the film can accommodate, but it is no less a noble and impressionistic effort in forcing its audience to think about what they have just seen. No, the nostalgia for yesteryear’s 42nd Street fodder instead seems to stem from the way the genre’s playful disregard for sexual propriety and “revolutionary” violence now serves as a premonitory anti-PC manifesto, refreshingly direct given the current era’s ultra-rhetorical, ultra-humorless public handwringing over the two cinematic topics that used to be lotsa larfs: sex and violence. Is there a money shot more tasteless or rewarding than that of The Gore Gore Girls, in which a killer dispatches with a shrieking bimbette via repeated bludgeonings to her bare ass with a meat tenderizer, topping off his handiwork with a dash of salt? a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Deodato, Ruggero (12 November 2000). "Cult-Con 2000". Cannibal Holocaust DVD Commentary (Interview). Interviewed by Sage Stallone, Bob Murawski. Tarrytown, New York. Starring Robert Kerman (perhaps better known for his many pornographic films), it's not surprising that this film pushes the boundaries on nudity and cruelty. Men and women naked, some of them sexually brutalized... animals killed, including a monkey who gets his face cut off and the infamous "turtle scene". I was actually somewhat disturbed by this film -- at the very least, rather uncomfortable. One scene where an adulteress is punished was particularly disturbing for me. HHFF Welcomes Controversial Italian Gore-Meister Ruggero Deodato". Housecore Horror Film Festival . Retrieved 7 January 2015.

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Slater, Jay (2002). " "The Cannibal/The Zombie" ". In Slater, Jay (ed.). Eaten Alive!: Italian Cannibal and Zombie Movies. London: Plexus Publishing. pp.14–15. One guy, since the natives 'distrust' them (maybe it was all that shooting?) decides to strip naked to "become like them." Evidently this man has never seen the whiteness of his naked self before, but the island girls don't seem to mind. As soon as this awkward white guy strips off his khakis a whole group of naked girls run up to him and start grab-assing for a little while. Hey, maybe cannibals aren't so bad after all… Salo, another film that is banned and always creates controversy when brought up, is a whole new exercise in dehumanization. The sex, torture and the violence is so depraved and dehumanizing it is almost impossible to think that anyone could have filmed this. The film is still forbidden in a large number of countries and it’s very hard to find a copy of it to watch. Cannibal Holocaust". Film and Video Labelling Body of NZ. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 . Retrieved 12 January 2014.

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The acting is mediocre, just as the story (I guess that's because most of the cast only worked in porn movies before.) The script was incredibly pretentious and vain. The film follows a Professor investigating the disappearance of an American film team (3 guys and girl) that went into the jungle of South America to film a documentary about the native cannibals. So, lets get this straight. In the name of showing the irony of violence covered by the news and other mainstream media outlets, Deodato decides the best thing to do is to make a film where they kill every animal they can get their hands on. So what we are subjected to is the torture of a muskrat, the disembowelment of a tortoise, two monkey killings, the shooting of a pig and a spider and snake killing. Why? Why kill real animals? This is a movie, use props, or better yet, imply the killings. This disgusting show of violence towards other living things is enough to make someone puke. a b c d e f g h i j k Yorke, Carl Gabriel (12 May 2005). "Alan Yates Uncovered". Cannibal Holocaust DVD Extras (Interview). Interviewed by Sage Stallone. Palo Alto, California. Eating feces is just plain gross. It doesn’t matter in what context it’s shown. In Pink Flamingos it was disgusting but the character did it willingly and it was more for jokes than anything else. In Salo, this isn’t the case.