Top of the Lake. Jane Campion and Garth Davis, 2013.
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Edition screened: BBC Blu-ray, released 2013. English language. Runtime approximately 342 minutes.
Summary: Animal killing and mutilation, typical of asinine culture.
Matt, portrayed by Peter Mullen, is the leader of a group of Texas-style New Zealanders who ride around on motorcycles, in love with their over-compensating beards and tattoos, shooting anything that moves, and raping little girls. The show is not overloaded with animal torture but there are three or four incidents sprinkled through the six 50+ minute episodes including a dog shot point blank for no reason, juvenile desecration of hunted animals, and similar. Pretty much the standard These Colors Don’t Run backyard family fun.
Jane Campion is a smart progressive woman, and as such usually is overtly animal-kind in her productions. Top of the Lake portrays some feminist ideals in a very unflatteringly way, combining with the scenes of violent Texan-style idiocy to show how a culture can push women to grasp at strains of alternative life; any alternative life.