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Yeah I heard that too, think it was true. |
If i'm not mistaken I read about it in the Darkside many, many moons ago. |
Yes, Deodato got the entire cast and crew to lie low to add an aura of mystery (and generate bigger box office receipts, no doubt :lol: ). I've always found it strange that some viewers of Cannibal Holocaust rage on about the animals and yet never even bat an eye at the Road To Hell sequence which features real human executions! Some weird standards emerging there, I think. And it's also interesting to note that having completed the film, Deodato invited the mighty Sergio Leone round for a private screening. Leone told him it was a masterpiece - but that it would get him in a lot of trouble! He wasn't far wrong. |
The Road to Hell footage is probably the most disturbing aspect of the whole film and is similar to the footage the monkey is forced to watch at the beginning of 28 Days Later. I imagine it's Deodato's statement about the sheer amount of violence on the news which people don't complain about because it is real and not made up as in a feature film. Given the reactions to Cannibal Holocaust compared to news media, it's hard to disagree with that statement. |
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For instance, I didn't know about the real deaths in the supposedly "fake" "Road" docu until 2009 :eek:- Freaked the hell out of me, but didn't change my view of "CH" as one of THE essential horror movies with "real teeth"!;) |
Indeed, Peter, I think you're right on all counts. The Road To Hell sequence is a clever tactic by Deodato. We are shown real footage of human death and misery, only for the projectionist to turn round and say it's fake. It's not - but how many casual viewers actually believed it was fake? It's clever in that Deodato is constantly mixing things up so that the viewer starts to lose focus of what's real and what's not, which adds a frightening power to the film. I've not seen any of the UK releases to date - does it lose the Road to Hell sequence? |
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The US release aint cut per se as those 10 secs were missing from the negatives. The EC release used a different master. edit: The Grindhouse and Aussy release has 10 sec missing from the actual film but the full sequence is inc as a extra. |
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