The death of the animals, part II
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Bitter_Almonds — 20 years ago(December 26, 2005 09:54 AM)
Not if we stop eating meat, you know?
I would mind not existing - A LOT! I need to get laid a lot more before I stop existing; preferrably with another carnivore that looks like a young Jenny Agutter, and not of those crazy vegan chicks (crazy vegan chicks would make me wanna wish to cease to exist)
Do The Mussolini! Headkick! -
OsbourneRuddock — 20 years ago(January 02, 2006 05:37 PM)
I empathise deeply with your concerns Silly girl blue, and I suggest you ignore the more ignorant comments on this thread.
There is some scenes which you might find difficult to watch (eg.animals being decapitated) but they are frew and far between. I still urge you strongly to see it, as it's a very beautifull film - Nic Roeg's best in my opinion. The film is about the contrasts - contrasts between nature and the largely human created (artificial) worlds we now inhabit. But the film is determined to show the HORROR as well as the BEAUTY of the natural world, and so in that context it was necessary to show death, as death is a large part of nature.
A very beautifull film though. -
s_c_enigma — 20 years ago(March 11, 2006 04:07 AM)
I agree in the main with what you've said here.
I can't bear to watch a lot of violence or gore (even hospital dramas on TV like Casualty), but I found this (seen for the first time on UK TV last night) was tolerable. The scenes evoke brutal imagery, but are quick too (so you can easily close your eyes) - they tend portray the need to kill to survive but are not graphic or over the top simply for the sake of satisfying bloodlust. The saddest part is the white man and "sport".
I must say, however, that I didn't see any decapitations, so maybe the version I saw was edited, and there is more to it. I saw hunting, butchering, cooking and sport killings. I believe the killings to be real. -
BbaySMH — 19 years ago(September 04, 2006 05:46 PM)
I always have to kind of turn away for a second whenever they show the animals being killed, mainly because as far as I can tell, it looks like it's real, especially killing the lizard which then upchucks, ugh. I have no problem watching stuff like the dog being shot on "Toxic Avenger" or something though, cause it (at least) comes off more fake.
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jc-banks — 20 years ago(March 10, 2006 03:13 PM)
Still evolving? - are you joking?
Precisely what evolutionary pressures are there nowadays acting on the human gene pool?
Absolutely none!
The only change that will happen to mankind under these circumstances is atrophy. And the first thing to go (under the influence of modern medicine and the cleanliness brigade) will be the immune system. -
pyro-15 — 20 years ago(January 22, 2006 12:40 PM)
I would say the animal deaths in this film are graphic, but they are also occuring in a very natural way (excluding the shootings at the end). They are not, say, as brutal or disturbing as the slaughterhouse footage in Blood of the Beasts.
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Ophelia_Lives — 16 years ago(November 20, 2009 09:42 PM)
You know that it's possible to exist WITHOUT killing and eating animals, right?
That's how vegetarians and vegans exist. And we don't starve, we actually live LONGER than meat eaters.
Consuming meat is not merely a matter of "killing".
It is a matter of torture, abuse, and generally the degenerated lack of respect and tolerance for Life.
"It tastes good" is an idiotic excuse/reason for embracing the torture and corruption that is the meat industry.
Which is where the majority of consumed meat comes from, NOT from bows and arrows in an Australian desert.
At which neither place should it be justified that humans resort to murder and torture.
What is natural about slaughtering 40 BILLION animals globally per year?
What is natural about consuming 27.3 BILLION pounds of beef in the US alone?
What is natural about cows being spending their whole lives being raped by machines everyday in cement cubicles?
Why don't you do some research before making such a ridiculous ignorant statement.
The animals of the world exist for their own reasons.
They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men. -
carpet_seller — 20 years ago(March 10, 2006 04:03 PM)
Have you seen apocalypse now? The killing of the cow is similar to what you will see in this film.
However, I am in UK and I'm sure the video release in the UK doesn't have half the animal death scenes in it, I just watched i on TV and was surprised to see so many scenes I simply had no recollection of, I think they were all edited out.
If you really are going to be upset by animal deaths then perhaps you need to watch it with someone else, so you can close your eyes, and open them when it's all over. There will still be scenes that you won't be able to avoid because you won't be able to close your eyes quickly enough, these scenes will be pictures of dead animals not the process of killing them, scenes like legs of animals being thrown to the floor, a dead bird on the ground, a load of dead lizards tied to the aborigines waist, their mouths open, eyes open, tongues hanging.
If you are really bad about this I suggest you don't watch it but you will be missing one of the all time greats. -
darkkie — 16 years ago(November 13, 2009 05:43 AM)
In this film the animals were killed for the sake of art. Sure, you could say they were killed for survival but in fact this is a MOVIE and none of these actors needed to kill the animals for food. I liked the film very much but I think it's wrong to go into a creatures habitat and slaughter it to make a movie.
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BonerStabon3 — 16 years ago(November 22, 2009 07:48 PM)
Quit being a fairy and man-up, ya Mary. You want to see animals dying in a movie? rent Cannibel Holocaust. don't waste my time with your sissy girly fears about watching the life drain out of the eyes of a kangaroo.
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parisionescu — 11 years ago(July 22, 2014 11:35 AM)
Dear longagonancy, if you're sensitive to this kind of stuff I would suggest skipping Walkabout and trying out another excellent Australian film from the 1970s called Wake In Fright. It's currently on Netflix. There are some great scenes featuring cute and unharmed animals.