tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347021818574327333.post3462346847359358837..comments2023-05-02T11:44:39.923-04:00Comments on survivalist: Art, Violence, and HonestySurvivalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536852408184141383noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347021818574327333.post-7400928567719627662013-01-01T11:32:55.187-05:002013-01-01T11:32:55.187-05:00Great read. I't is upsetting that cannibal hol...Great read. I't is upsetting that cannibal holocaust gets dismissed as just a gore film. The soundtrack alone is a masterpiece, up there with goblins work on dawn of the dead as one of my favourite scores. Henrey portrait of a serial killer is for me one of the most disturbing films chronicle total disregard for life, without any of the maniac clichés usually associated with the subject matter.<br />Glad someone else thinks rope is Hitchcock's best work.Purenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347021818574327333.post-86521982766721626622012-12-29T15:53:27.926-05:002012-12-29T15:53:27.926-05:00Thanks for this piece, it's very well-written ...Thanks for this piece, it's very well-written and thought out.<br /><br />In all honesty, while I am exhilarated by horror different mediums, "Cannibal Holocaust" remains as possibly the one work on which I feel deeply conflicted. On the most basic level, I endorse the deeply unnerving atmosphere created by the direction, film stock and score - then of course, the simulated sequences of violence & rape [unless you're trying to impress by being unaffected] are enough to drop someone to their knees.<br />As you've probably anticipated, it was the actual transgression into animal cruelty that personally, I can't abide. it will always be stomach churning to me; my response of shock & anger deepened as I asked, "These bastards maimed & killed for their fucking *movie?*"<br /><br />I then realised that within what passes as the narrative & by the sadistic shattering of the 4th wall, the film perhaps (all too well) shows how low humanity can sink. While I can't claim any aesthetic love of it, I have fleeting moments of grim... awe?... at how the film makers actually pushed & leapt over the boundaries. I also simultaneously doubt whether I'd be bothered if their crew had vanished in the damn jungle...<br /><br />PLEASE don't see this as my condemning anyone who does find worth in "Cannibal Holocaust," more than what I can get behind. Strokes, folks etc. When I first checked out Survivalist after getting into tEB, the film of course leapt out at me off the profile. For artists who confront humanity & ugliness in what they create, I suppose it's quite congruent.<br />Anyway, that's my 2 cents. While I'm "glad" to have seen CH for myself, I won't hurry to do so again. But I can definitely see why it's multilayered assault is far more compelling than most of the Italian cannibal/splatter exploitation films of the era. While I may not "like" it, it certainly provoked real horror in me.<br /><br />PS. I watched it along with the sequel with some horror movie fundi-friends. It sucked, but I was grateful for the relative laugh after the first fucked my mind.NickHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06095518936106293115noreply@blogger.com