"I can't stomach this anymore. It's too much." Grasshopper Film has debuted the full trailer for a chilling, disgusting, fascinating documentary titled Caniba, which premiered at the Venice, Toronto, and New York Film Festivals last year - finally getting an official release this year. It's the latest film from the directors of Leviathan and Somniloquies. The controversial documentary is an intimate portrait of Japanese cannibal Issei Sagawa. It's described as "a film that reflects on the discomforting significance of cannibalistic desire in human existence through the prism of one Japanese man, Issei Sagawa, and his mysterious relationship with his brother, Jun Sagawa." This is a very hard film to watch, and there were many walkouts at festival screenings last year, because many may not be able to stomach it at all. Don't eat before watching the trailer. Official trailer for Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Verena Paravel's documentary Caniba, direct from YouTube...
- 9/18/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The number of living, non-tribal people who have a) eaten another human being; b) told others about their experience; c) escaped incarceration is, likely, one. Being the sole known winner of that particular contest, Issei Sagawa has spent decades as the subject of documentaries, songs (one by none other than the Rolling Stones), and perverse fascination, to say nothing of his post-crime work as a food critic. Looking at the list of films in which he’s been centered would suggest a more straight-ahead, true-crime initiative, making both unique and risky a version from Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor, directors behind the immersive, immense, mind-blowing Leviathan.
That film, Caniba, has earned divided notices since its premiere last year: while some praised it, others — including our own — found it exploitative and grotesque. It goes without saying that they’ve made a work to see for oneself — making the below trailer for its U.
That film, Caniba, has earned divided notices since its premiere last year: while some praised it, others — including our own — found it exploitative and grotesque. It goes without saying that they’ve made a work to see for oneself — making the below trailer for its U.
- 9/17/2018
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
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