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4 days ago · by Jay Rohr about a minute ago. Dissecting Cannibal Holocaust, a new treatise on the infamous 1980 Ruggero Deodato film, is as much invitation as autopsy. Those who accept its ambitious offering may find their eyes altered. Films that once appeared trashy attempts to shock audiences could suddenly seem like clever cinematic social critiques.
2 days ago · Deodato was forced to not only bring his actors out to prove they were alive but show some of the filmmaking techniques to explain how he made the film look so realistic. One of these involved how he managed to, using moviemaking magic, portray a man being graphically impaled on a spike. All charges were dropped, and years later the film’s ...
3 days ago · If you are looking for a subgenre of horror that emphasized graphic violence and shock value above all else, look no further than the Italian cannibal movies of the 1970s and 1980s. Evolving from Mondo cinema, Italian filmmakers like Umberto Lenzi and Ruggero Deodato would exploit xenophobic fears of exotic customs; their movies often depicting ‘civilized’ westerners running afoul of cannibalistic natives.
6 days ago · An Uncommon Director: Interview with Ruggero Deodato (32:50) is one of the last interviews with the director. They talked with him in July, 2022 and he sadly passed away in December.
2 days ago · Film je režirao Ruggero Deodato, a prati filmsku ekipa koja je nestala u amazonskoj prašumi dok je snimala dokumentarac o autohtonim kanibalskim plemenima. Ruggero je želio da film bude što realističniji, pa je čak natjerao glumce da potpišu ugovore da se neće pojavljivati u medijima i javnosti te da neće raditi punih godinu dana, kako bi gledatelji pomislili da su zapravo mrtvi.
5 days ago · Although opposed to censorship, director Ruggero Deodato would later agree with cuts made by the BBFC which removed unsimulated animal killings, which limited the film's distribution. Frequently banned films may introduce questions of authenticity as fans question whether they have seen a truly uncensored cut. [60]
1 day ago · The first director who gave her significant roles was Ruggero Deodato, who later became her husband. Dionisio got her first leading role in 1969, in Eat It . Mainly cast in roles of unscrupulous and luscious women, she mostly starred in comedies and crime films.
