I just viewed last night and found it hard to watch but also hard to not watch.
The documentary itself felt like a snuff film.
I think it is well done and accomplished exactly what it set out to...
Agree or disagree?
It's a very difficult documentary to take in, but disturbing? With the exception of the beheading and the Sniper shots, there was little that was disturbing.
That and the one producer's stories were certainly interesting, but the amount of truth I'm hearing about them makes me really disappointed. While there is a man running around probably making this stuff, not even the photographs used for the picture were accurate.
Honestly, It's a shocking documentary, but I stomached it quite well, and it's more disappointing that there are more documentaries that touch on this subject, which scares me a bit.
Also, why in the world, in a documentary about snuff, that 8mm wasn't brought up once?
Please Turn Me Over ~ Mr. Blue Sky
In my opinion, this video was only shocking because they insisted on using gruesome death footage. This was unnecessary and only succeeded in confirming that these filmmakers have no credibility.
If you're interested in the topic of snuff films, search out the book "Killing for Culture: An Illustrated History of Death Film from Mondo to Snuff" and check out the British documentary "The Dark Side of Porn: Does Snuff Exist?". I can probably dig up links if you're interested.
And yeah, I was surprised about failing to reference 8mm, Tesis, or Bernard Rose's "Snuff Movie".
"Does Snuff Exist?" is a great documentary. There's a lot I expected "Killing On Camera" to mention,but didn't. It's a shame really and it's a bit of a let down,being that I expected to see something big and dark.
"I'll go,because I am Cinema!" - Ben (Man Bites Dog)
Yes, and not only that, but the trailer includes bits of interviews that were not included in the final cut, specifically to mislead the viewer into thinking the film was more intriguing and provocative than it actually was.
See here: http://youtu.be/iNAXosdhS-E