Zoo (film)
| Movie | |
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| German title | zoo |
| Original title | zoo |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2007 |
| length | 73 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Robinson Devor |
| script | Robinson Devor, Charles Mudede |
| production |
Alexis Ferris Bridoux , Peggy Casex , Megan Griffiths |
| music | Paul Matthew Moore |
| camera | Sean Kirby |
| cut | Joe Shapiro |
| occupation | |
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Zoo is an American semi-documentary film that deals with the subject of zoophilia using the example of Kenneth Pinyan alias Mr. Hands , who became famous due to the bizarre circumstances of his death. Pinyan died of complications from peritonitis after previously having anal sex with a stallion .
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The place Enumclaw in Washington State became known to a wider public in 2005 after the bizarre death circumstances of the 45-year-old engineer Kenneth Pinyan, who died there, became public. Pinyan died of internal bleeding after having sex with a stallion. Pinyan had previously worked under the pseudonym "Mr. Hands “ produced hundreds of videos with animal pornography over a longer period of time together with other people .
In conversations with grooms, veterinarians, police officers and zoophiles, the filmmakers approach the taboo of zoophilia.
background
The film premiered on January 20, 2007 at the Sundance Film Festival . In Germany it ran for the first time on February 9, 2007 at the European Film Market .
On October 27, 2011, the film was released as a German DVD as part of the Kino kontrovers series with texts by Marcus Stiglegger about zoo as an essayistic documentary, a review on the subject of zoophilia and an interview by Patrick Heidmann with director Robinson Devor.
reception
The reviews for the film varied. While some critics saw the film as the starting point for a “lively discussion” on the subject, other commentators condemned the film as a “ perverse ” piece of work in which the depiction of human degeneration was confused with genius and a taboo as an expression of artistic sophistication.
"The film allows those affected and family members of the dead person to have their say in the off and in a visually alienated manner, but in no way takes a position, but rather causes considerable irritation due to its seemingly objective nature and the mixed form of play and documentary scenes."
Also in positive reviews it was criticized that the film essentially revolves around the statements of the participating zoophiles, which, however, would reveal little new, whereby the film offers little knowledge gain overall.
“Even though the work on the camera was really fantastic here and the music by Paul Matthew Moore was made impressively complex and haunting, Zoo is very sluggish and a bit boring at times. If you don't watch this film fully awake late in the evening, you'll fall asleep, that's almost certain. But what zoo saves again is its short playing time, which prevents it from becoming excruciatingly boring. ... All in all, an interesting work on a not exactly popular topic. However, it is also a film that requires a lot of patience and, absurdly, will disappoint many who condemn sex with animals because it is precisely this that cannot be seen. "
"" Zoo, "despite its elegance, teeters on a tightrope; by relying primarily on words from men who seem reluctant to talk much about what happened, it ends up having little to say. Horse rescuer Jenny Edwards (who collected the farm's horses after the incident came to light) says of zoophilia at the end, "I'm on the edge of being able to understand it." Those who've seen only "Zoo" may not be able to say the same. "
In any case, the film does not take sides, but leaves the assessment to the viewer:
“Robinson Devor deliberately does not take a position in the zoophile debate, this is left to the viewer. What is sought instead is to show the opposite perspective. The social outsiders in the film are brought closer to the viewer, made familiar. ... One could accuse the film of being one-sided, since the zoos are the only ones that are portrayed positively, while the other characters in the film are repeatedly caricatured, but this one-sidedness, viewed from a social perspective, is nothing more than the necessary filling of a gap in the discourse , an impetus for it. "
Awards
- 2007: Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya - New Visions Award in the Best Film category
- 2007: Sundance Film Festival - Nomination for the Grand Jury Prize in the documentary category
Web links
- Zoo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Animal in You , The Stranger. February 23, 2006. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
- ↑ Videotapes show bestiality, Enumclaw police say , The Seattle Times. July 16, 2005. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
- ↑ a b c Zoo - Kino Kontrovers 02 , negativ-film.de. January 2, 2012. Accessed on April 19, 2012. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Sundance films wallow in perversity, try to pass it off as `art ' , baltimoresun.com. January 26, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
- ↑ Zoo. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ^ Zoo review , MovieMaze.de. January 1, 2012. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
- ^ "Zoo" a strange, sad look at local horse-sex incident , seattletimes.nwsource.com. May 11, 2007. Archived from the original on May 14, 2007. Retrieved on April 19, 2012.
- ↑ Sitges - 40ed. Festival Internacional de Catalunya - Awards , sitgesfilmfestival.com. October 14, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
