[Esther Ruth]

Though "Zoo" is intent on allowing these men to be heard, Devor's intention was not polemical. "I'm not in there wrestling with the legal or animal cruelty issues," he said. Rather, he envisioned a film like his others: "I count on the natural world pulling my films through. I thought the marriage of this completely strange mind-set and the beauty of the natural world could be something interesting."

[Always Right]

We are beyond the slippery slope and now are at rock bottom.

[Esther Ruth]

In the end, Devor ended up agreeing with the Roman writer Terence, who said "I consider nothing human alien to me."

"It happens," the filmmaker said, "so it's part of who we are."

[Always Right]

"I aestheticized the sleaze right out of it."

Not exactly something to be proud of. I suppose if you desired you could make a movie that would make Saddam look good. Oh wait, the Democrats already do that.

[Emmett McCarthy]

Were Butch and Sundance both having sex with animals? I thought one of them had a girlfriend.

[darkwing104]

It's the sequel to "Brokeback Mountain"

[edpc]

The only thing I could think of after I read this article was: Why?

[RichInOC]

[cue Nine Inch Nails-"Closer"...or even better, Nine Inch Richards' parody "Closer to Hogs"]

[PBRSTREETGANG]

...with elegiac visual re-creations intended to conjure up the mood and spirit of situations.

The mood and spirit of sex between a man and a stallion?

[kanawa]

I thought the marriage of this completely strange mind-set and the beauty of the natural world could be something interesting

Wonder why he used to term 'marriage' instead of 'juxtaposition'?

[Condor51]

"beastiality"

Years ago, when the Chicago Stockyards was on its last legs, there was one 'kid' (Frankie) in the neighborhood who would go there to screw the Sheep.

Needless to say he was treated as a pariah - taunted, mocked, and called very name in the book (pervert, deviate) when he was seen on the streets. He was also a junkie (speed freak) and died of an O.D. when he was about 16 - and nobody cared. 'Good riddance' was the usual response.

[Roberts]

"A lot of people looked at me as if I was an exploitative person, dredging up something for profit, and that bothered me. I was certainly asked many times, often with a wrinkled brow, 'Why are you making this film?' It was something I did resent; I thought artists had the opportunity to explore anything."

Beautiful. I'm glad this guy explained that the movie is simply "art", so apparently its no big deal.

Perhaps next time he can explore pedophilia without making any moral judgments.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

[Thrownatbirth]

with elegiac visual re-creations intended to conjure up the mood and spirit of situations

It is precisely those "situations" that I care not to visualize.

[GoldCountryRedneck]

And where is PETA?????????

*crickets*

Sleaze is sleaze - aestheticized or not.

[nctexan]

The working title was "Hillary and Bill: the Early Years"

[frogjerk]

SHEEPY: "Where is that Mr. Redford...I'm ready for my scene now."

[kalee]

"an elegant, eerily lyrical film"


Somehow I doubt it.

[timsbella]

Where is PETA's outrage?

[weegee]

"Zoo" is a documentary about what director Robinson Devor accurately characterizes as "the last taboo, on the boundary of something comprehensible."

Incest and intergenerational affairs are also taboo and more likely to remain so than bestiality. Zoophilia is legal in many states so long as it occurs where no one can see it. Not so the other pairings.

The Sex Positive agenda seeks to end all moral judgements against ALL sexual pairings regardless of sex, age, relation, marital status, number, or species of partner, Santorum was correct about defining deviancy downward.

[newzjunkey]

It's supposedly a documentary. I don't know if that means it would show the downside or just the perspective of those involved in Seattle.

This isn't the first time sex with animals has been in a feature film. I vaguely recall there was a sheep oral sex scene in "Revenge of the Nerds" (or similar film) and, more recently, I heard a Jim Carrey character was involved in on-screen bestiality.