The Assignation

The Assignation. Curtis Harrington, 1953.

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Edition screened: Included on Flicker Alley Blu-ray The Curtis Harrington Short Film Collection, released 2013. English language. Runtime approximately 8 minutes.

Summary: No depictions of violence or harm to animals.

L’Atalante

L’Atalante (Le Chaland qui passe). Jean Vigo, 1934.

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Edition screened: Included on Criterion Blu-ray #578, The Complete Jean Vigo, released 2011. French language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 87 minutes.

Summary: No substantial depictions of violence or harm to animals.

Cats play prominently in some scenes. Occasionally they are handled (tossed) carelessly, but there is no real abuse apparent. First mate Père Jules (played by the great Michel Simon) is the cat fancier in the film, and his affectionate interaction with the animals contributes to L’Atalante’s appropriate status as one of the world’s very finest films.

Ātman

Ātman. Toshio Matsumoto, 1975.

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Edition screened: Included on Cineliciouspics Blu-ray Funeral Parade of Roses, released 2017. No dialogue track, score by Toshi Ichiyanagi. Runtime approximately 11 minutes.

Summary: No animals or references to animals in the film.

The Atomic Submarine

The Atomic Submarine. Spencer Gordon Bennet, 1959.

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Edition screened: Criterion DVD #366, included in Monsters and Madmen box set #364, released 2006. English language. Runtime approximately 72 minutes.

Summary: No animals or references to animals in the film.

Audition

Audition (Ôdishon). Takashi Miike, 1999.

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Edition screened: Arrow Blu-ray, released 2016. Japanese language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 115 minutes.

Summary: Murdered dog.

Details: Early in the movie we meet a nice house dog, who later is seen murdered and lying on the bloody floor with a broken neck, 1:33:53-1:33:58.

This short scene can be skipped with no harm done to the structure or comprehensibility of the film.

The Autopsy of Jane Doe

The Autopsy of Jane Doe. André Øvredal, 2016.

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Edition screened: IFC Blu-ray, released 2017. English language. Runtime approximately 87 minutes.

Summary: A cat is attacked and subsequently killed.

Details: The cat who lives at a crematorium is found badly injured, near death, at 35:09. He is held gently and comforted by his owner, who then snaps the cat’s neck to end the presumed suffering at 35:49. The wrapped body is placed in the crematorium furnace, 36:20.