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great movie, but not released due to animal use?

posted 17 years ago by a_hat_trick
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There are some pretty strict laws about killing animals in a film, is this perhaps why this film wasn't distributed in the U.S.?

[–] hyper_bubble 17 years ago

Well at the end of the movie there is a disclaimer. "Les auteurs et producteurs de ce film tiennent a informer le public de ce que les animaux protagonistes n'ont en aucune facon ete mailtraites." I don't speak French but it sounds like they are denying any harm to animals. While I think that lizard can live without the tail just fine, it seems like that goldfish was dead. So I'm not sure how they can claim no animals were harmed. Or my French is just bad I don't know.

[–] Imhereandthatsall 16 years ago

"Les auteurs et producteurs de ce film tiennent a informer le public de ce que les animaux protagonistes n'ont en aucune facon ete mailtraites." I don't speak French but it sounds like they are denying any harm to animals

That's it.

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[–] mesondecay 17 years ago

if you watch a dvd with English subtitles, you'll see they didn't harm any animals during the filming. There is a statement at the end, before the credits roll.

[–] SaiGwaPaau 17 years ago

I haven't seen this film since the mid-90s so I'm a bit hazy on it, but isn't this the film with a particularly vivid graphic shot of a pig being butchered?

[–] EggyToast 17 years ago

There is a scene of a pig being butchered. That does not mean that a pig was killed to create that scene.

Same with the goldfish scene. Just because the fish died in the film, doesn't mean they simply didn't put a drop of red dye on the fish's underside, drop him in the "alcohol," and give the impression that the fish was bleeding.

[–] blutey 17 years ago

There are a couple of scenes in the movie with a really strong flashing white light, almost with a stroboscope effect that lasts for several seconds. I think this kind of flashing light can trigger epileptic seizures in some people.
Maybe this put off the release in the USA - could trigger some kind of litigation lol.
http://www.epilepsy.org.uk/info/photo_other.html

[–] bbones-1 17 years ago

you can watch it on the sundance channel in the us???

[–] GarryJohal 16 years ago

There's a sundance channel? Wow i've got to get a sattelite dish.

[–] BwlBoy 16 years ago

This is what I thought. This must be the worst film I have ever seen for anyone with photosensitive epilepsy. I'm not epileptic but those scenes were still affecting me. I forwarded past the second sequence when he was pouring the blue paint on himself.

[–] Scaleb_47 16 years ago

god, dont watch irreversible if you think the effects in this could trigger epilepsy.... when you load the DVD (for irreversible) they even give you a warning that the producers take no responsiblility for any harmful affects the strobing may cause