This is a subject on which you'll thank me not to tarry, David. David English, Somerville, Massachusetts My question is not "What kind of twist would answer such a classified?" What I'd like to know is, is the fantasy of being eaten a common enough aberration to constitute a psychologically recognized pathology? Apparently, the two worked out their terms to mutual satisfaction, for in due course the respondent was indelicately dispatched to the hereafter, and his earthly remains were then converted into the ultimate low-carb entree. Allegedly, this guy had placed an ad in some publication expressing his desire to meet somebody whose fantasy was to be devoured-for the purpose of fulfilling the fantasy. The social stigma against cannibalism has been used as an aspect of propaganda against an enemy by accusing them of acts of cannibalism to separate them from their humanity.Recently I read a news item (in a real newspaper, not the Weekly World News) about a man arrested for cannibalism. If you’re looking for a film with more of a plot and story, perhaps you should wait for Grimm Love, Marin Weisz’ adaptation of the same true story, which helped him land the gig directing The Hills Have Eyes 2.Eating another person is a way to express a relationship of naked power over them. If that’s the sort of thing you’re looking for, then by all means check it out. There are some nasty, nasty moments throughout, but you have to get through a whole lot of nothing before you see them. The only real selling point Cannibal has is its graphic depiction of cannibalism. It’s a shame, too, as I’m sure a commentary or making-of may have shed some light on the intention of this film and perhaps made it a bit more enjoyable. Unearthed just recently announced this title and apparently it was either a last-minute acquisition that they just waned to get out there or no bonus materials were available for it because this disc is 100% bare bones. Granted, when you meet someone with the intention of eating him, you’re not going to exactly chat about the weather or current events, but something tells me there was more to these men’s relationship than just sitting around naked. The killer and the victim are painted about as two-dimensional as can be (“I am your flesh” is how the victim introduces himself…) and their interaction with one another is more akin to an interpretive dance than a real human relationship. I couldn’t really tell if director Dora had done this to gross out the audience (and some of the scenes are very nasty) or to show it as a simple fact of this man’s life, this is what he’s always wanted to do and takes pleasure in, but my god was it ever dull.Īnd that’s pretty much the long and the sort of Cannibal though the story is fascinating and twisted, this film is anything but. No dialogue, nothing done to give it any real emotional impact, it’s all shown very matter of fact with long shots and extreme close-ups. The last third of the film (and it’s really divided up at almost a half hour per section) is just scenes of the cannibal killing, gutting, and eating his victim. You won’t have any emotional connection to either of these characters as they’re never really established as real people they come across as caricatures of the real men involved in the case as the director saw them. Yes it is as disgusting as it sounds, but the problem is that it’s filmed in such an artsy way, with all the dialogue and sounds seemingly done after the fact, that it loses a lot of its impact aside from the purely visceral. Finally he cuts off the victim’s penis, cooks it up, and feeds it to him. So in the middle of the film are scenes of the man losing, then regaining the nerve to go through with it. The two of them meet up and immediately begin a very strange relationship that consists of doing pretty much everything in the nude together (for those of you uncomfortable with man-on-man action, you will want to avoid this) until finally the victim says that it’s time to take it to the next level. The first half hour or so of the film consists of dialogue-free scenes of him meeting and rejecting (or being rejected by) potential victim after potential victim.įinally he finds someone who wants to be eaten just as badly as he wants to eat someone (Brandl). I mean really, when we’re dealing with a person whose only life-long desire is to consume another human being, don’t you think a film about the person could be at least a little interesting? Or is that too much to ask?īased on the true case of a man who posted an ad looking for someone to eat online and actually found a willing victim, Cannibal tells of a bald and goateed deviant (Frank) who is very picky about whom he decides to ingest his first time.
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