Details: Jack, Alan, Shanda, Mark: a close-knit and highly successful documentary crew known for their provocative and important work. They left for the Amazon a year ago, but what happened to them? No news, no clues; nobody knows what occurred. Anthropologist Professor Munro is tasked with tracking down the mysteriously disappeared group. Upon arriving in the Amazon, the scholar retraces the group’s journey through the jungle, witnessing primitive rituals and immersing himself in this world of fascinating and cruel beauty. Visiting villages and encountering various tribes, Munro realizes that the indigenous people harbor an almost sacred terror of the white man. Completing a journey of initiation punctuated by events as terrible as they are exceptional, and only after reaching the "Tree People" and recovering the remains of the expedition along with the precious film footage they shot, will Munro finally be able to return to New York. What terrible trials were the poor documentary filmmakers subjected to? This is the question that constantly haunts Munro as he begins to view the material filmed by the crew—a question that will soon receive a response as shocking as it is unexpected. Censored in 23 countries around the world due to the enormous subversive and provocative force that permeates every frame, and still banned in many of them, Cannibal Holocaust is today finally recognized as a masterpiece of world cinema, both for the innovative technique employed by its director and for its premonitory act of denunciation against certain deviations of the media. For the first time in an uncut version, with a new digital transfer supervised by Ruggero Deodato himself, this film—described as cruel, shocking, brutal, and thrilling—continues to stir controversy and debate to this day, but has lost none of its
EAN: 8033650558456
Languages: English
Binding: DVD
Item Condition: UsedVeryGood