http://junkfilm.today.com/2008/09/14/saturday-night-was-documentary-night/ Destroying Films One Frame at a Time Sun, 27 Dec 2009 02:58:38 +0000 http://www.today.com/version-2.3.1 http://junkfilm.today.com/2008/09/14/saturday-night-was-documentary-night/#comment-6 junkfx Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:31:58 +0000 http://junkfilm.today.com/2008/09/14/saturday-night-was-documentary-night/#comment-6 They addressed the Daniel Pearl video in there and even showed most of it. While the definition of a snuff film is to visually depict a real murder on film for the fact of selling that video for personal gain or sexual satisfaction, I would not consider the Daniel Pearl video as a snuff film. Same in respects for the Faces of Death releases, granted many of the scenes are fake, but much of them are quite real, but they are gained originally from news reporters or documentarians for historical purposes. The fact that they are gathered after the shooting for a purpose of making money I would not consider snuff due to the fact that the people dying are not dying under the sole reason for making a movie. They addressed the Daniel Pearl video in there and even showed most of it. While the definition of a snuff film is to visually depict a real murder on film for the fact of selling that video for personal gain or sexual satisfaction, I would not consider the Daniel Pearl video as a snuff film. Same in respects for the Faces of Death releases, granted many of the scenes are fake, but much of them are quite real, but they are gained originally from news reporters or documentarians for historical purposes. The fact that they are gathered after the shooting for a purpose of making money I would not consider snuff due to the fact that the people dying are not dying under the sole reason for making a movie.

]]> http://junkfilm.today.com/2008/09/14/saturday-night-was-documentary-night/#comment-5 Eric Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:43:29 +0000 http://junkfilm.today.com/2008/09/14/saturday-night-was-documentary-night/#comment-5 WOW...My first post!!! In regards to the documentary on Snuff films, it is my understanding that people have yet to find a true "snuff" film. For the people who have scene or watched some movies like Faces of Death, or the ones you mentioned in your blog, think those are snuff films, but most of those gruesome scenes are in fact fake. Would you consider the filming of Daniel Pearl's decapitation by AlQuida a snuff film? WOW…My first post!!! In regards to the documentary on Snuff films, it is my understanding that people have yet to find a true “snuff” film. For the people who have scene or watched some movies like Faces of Death, or the ones you mentioned in your blog, think those are snuff films, but most of those gruesome scenes are in fact fake. Would you consider the filming of Daniel Pearl’s decapitation by AlQuida a snuff film?

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