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El Sur

El Sur. Victor Erice, 1983.

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Edition screened: Criterion Blu-ray #927, released 2018. Spanish language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 94 minutes.


Summary: No depictions of violence or harm to animals.


The Criterion Blu-ray also includes an informative roundtable with four Spanish film critics about Erice in general and El Sur in particular.


Only God Forgives

Only God Forgives. Nicolas Winding Refn, 2012.

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Edition screened: Anchor Bay Blu-ray, released 2013. English language. Runtime approximately 90 minutes.


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


Idiocracy

Idiocracy. Mike Judge, 2006.

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Edition screened: 20th Century Fox DVD, released 2007. English language. Runtime approximately 84 minutes.


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



Partial view of an unidentified pinball machine in the White House, about 40 minutes into the movie.


L’humanité

L’humanité. Bruno Dumont, 1999.

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Edition screened: Submitted by a colleague, available as Criterion Blu-ray #981, released 2019. French language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 148 minutes..


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


Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. John McNaughton, 1986.

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Edition screened: Submitted by a colleague. English language. Runtime approximately 83 minutes.


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


The Giant Claw

The Giant Claw. Fred F. Sears, 1957.

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Edition screened: Included in Arrow Blu-ray box set Cold War Creatures: Four Films from Sam Katzman, released 2021. English language. Runtime approximately 75 minutes.


Summary: No particular depictions of violence or harm to animals. Downing of the giant - sorry, “big as a battleship”, as we were told numerous times -  prehistoric bird made of styrofoam antimatter just doesn’t count. 

Double Suicide

Double Suicide (Shinjû: Ten no Amijima). Masahiro Shinoda, 1969.

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Edition screened: Criterion DVD #104, released 2001. Japanese language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 105 minutes.


Summary: No animals in the film.


Dingo

Dingo. Rolf de Heer, 1991.

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Edition screened: Submitted by a colleague. English language. Runtime approximately 119 minutes.


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


Bronson

Bronson. Nicolas Winding Refn, 2008.

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Edition screened: Magnet Blu-ray, released 2010. English language. Runtime approximately 93 minutes.


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


Angst

Angst. Gerald Kargl, 1983.

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Edition screened: Submitted by a colleague. German language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 87 minutes.


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