The Passing. John Huckert, 1985.
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Edition screened: Vinegar Syndrome Blu-ray #280, released 2019. English language. Runtime approximately 96 minutes.
Summary: Simulated killing of a rat.
Details: Depiction of a rat being killed with a cement block, 8:32-8:36. The scene begins with a real rat then cuts to a piece of goo-colored plastic.
An unusual and emotionally complex film with diverse payoffs for an engaged viewer. Thank you Vinegar Syndrome for bringing some relatively unknown films of unique and good quality to the common marketplace.
The VS release also includes four earlier films by Huckert, all free of animal violence. Two of these, The Water That Is Passed (1976, 28 minutes) and Ernie and Rose (1982, 29 minutes) constitute significant portions of The Passing. The other two films, Quack (1976, 24 minutes) and Einmal (1979, 9 minutes) are unrelated.