Heads Up, Ears Down

This blog accurately identifies depictions of violence and cruelty toward animals in films. The purpose is to provide viewers with a reliable guide so that such depictions do not come as unwelcome surprises. Films will be accurately notated, providing a time cue for each incident along with a concise description of the scene and perhaps relevant context surrounding the incident. In order to serve as a useful reference tool, films having no depictions of violence to animals will be included, with an indication that there are no such scenes. This is confirmation that the films have been watched with the stated purpose in mind.


Note that the word depictions figures prominently in the objective. It is a travesty that discussions about cruelty in film usually are derailed by the largely unrelated assertion that no animals really were hurt (true only in some films, dependent upon many factors), and that all this concern is just over a simulation. Not the point, whether true or false. We do not smugly dismiss depictions of five-year-olds being raped because those scenes are only simulations. No, we are appalled that such images are even staged, and we are appropriately horrified that the notion now has been planted into the minds of the weak and cruel.


Depictions of violence or harm to animals are assessed in keeping with our dominant culture, with physical abuse, harmful neglect, and similar mistreatment serving as a base line. This blog does not address extended issues of animal welfare, and as such does not identify scenes of people eating meat or mules pulling plows. The goal is to itemize images that might cause a disturbance in a compassionate household.


These notes provide a heads-up but do not necessarily discourage watching a film because of depicted cruelty. Consuming a piece of art does not make you a supporter of the ideas presented. Your ethical self is created by your public rhetoric and your private actions, not by your willingness to sit through a filmed act of violence.

Showing posts with label Dutch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dutch. Show all posts

The Last Island

The Last Island. Marleen Gorris, 1990.

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Edition screened: Cult Epics Blu-ray, released 2023. Dutch language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 101 minutes.


Summary: Animal killing is perceived as necessary in That Survival Lifestyle.


1) A survivor shoots a marsupial for food, 18:34-18:40.

2) A bird is shot, 24:02

3) A snake is beaten with a stick, 58:50.

4) A survivor carries a dead pig on his shoulders and slams it down on a table, 1:00:23.


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Broken Mirrors

Broken Mirrors (Gebroken spiegels). Marleen Gorris, 1984.

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Edition screened: Cult Epics Blu-ray, released 2023. Dutch language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 118 minutes.


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


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A Question of Silence

A Question of Silence (De stilte rond Christine M.). Marleen Gorris, 1982.

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Edition screened: Cult Epics Blu-ray, released 2023. Dutch language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 92 minutes.


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


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The Dutch Sex Wave Collection

The Dutch Sex Wave Collection. Pim de la Parra and Wim Verstappen, 1966-1975.

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Edition screened: Cult Epics Blu-ray set, released 2019. Dutch language with English dub  and/or subtitles. Compiled runtime approximately 362 minutes.


The first four films are reasonably enjoyable feature-length dramas with erotic content typical of the era, not pornographic.  The three shorts are interesting arthouse-style pieces without erotic content. The Cult Epic set includes:

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My Nights with Susan, Sandra, Olga & Julie

My Nights with Susan, Sandra, Olga & Julie (Mijn Nachten met Susan, Olga, Albert, Julie, Piet & Sandra). Pim de la Parra, 1975.

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Edition screened: Included on Cult Epics The Dutch Sex Wave Collection, released 2017. Dutch language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 85 minutes.


Summary: No particular depictions of violence or harm to animals. 3/5❤


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Blue Movie (Verstappen)

Blue Movie. Wim Verstappen, 1971.

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Edition screened: Included on Cult Epics The Dutch Sex Wave Collection, released 2017. Dutch language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 89 minutes.


Summary: No animals in the film. 2.5/5❤



The Blue Movie BD in the Cult Epics set also includes three short films:

• Heart Beat Fresco. 1966, Pim de la Parra

• Joop. 1969, Pim de la Parra

• Joop Strikes Again. 19670, Wim Verstappen


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Frank & Eva

Frank & Eva: Living Apart Together (Frank en Eva). Pim de la Parra, 1973.

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Edition screened: Included on Cult Epics The Dutch Sex Wave Collection, released 2017. Dutch language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 97 minutes.


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


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Heart Beat Fresco

Heart Beat Fresco. Pim de la Parra, 1966.

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Edition screened: Included on Cult Epics The Dutch Sex Wave Collection, released 2017. Dutch language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 10 minutes.


Summary: No animals in the film.



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Joop

Joop. Pim de la Parra, 1969.

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Edition screened: Included on Cult Epics The Dutch Sex Wave Collection, released 2017. Dutch language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 10 minutes.


Summary: No animals in the film.


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Joop Strikes Again

Joop Strikes Again (Joop slaat weer toe). Wim Verstappen, 1970.

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Edition screened: Included in Cult Epics The Dutch Sex Wave Collection, released 2017. Dutch language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 10 minutes.


Summary: No animals in the film.


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Obsessions: A Hole in the Wall

Obsessions: A Hole in the Wall (Bezeten - Het gat in de muur). Pim de la Parra, 1969.

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Edition screened: Included on Cult Epics The Dutch Sex Wave Collection, released 2017. English dub. Runtime approximately 91 minutes.


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


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Little Tony

Little Tony (Kleine Teun). Alex van Warmerdam, 1998.

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Edition screened: Image DVD, released 2005. Dutch language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 95 minutes.


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


The white goat on the cover is an observer of character interaction in this domestic drama, and is not endangered by the prominent axe. 

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Glass (Haanstra)

Glass (Glas). Bert Haanstra, 1958.
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Edition screened: Phoenix DVD, released 2008. Scored, no dialogue track. Runtime approximately 10 minutes.


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

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Borgman

Borgman. Alex van Warmerdam, 2013.
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Edition screened: Drafthouse Blu-ray, released 2014. Dutch language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 113 minutes.

Summary: No depictions of violence or harm to animals.


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