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Here in Central Florida, the furor over Last Temptation was so great, the only theater in town that would show it was an adult cinema. I caught it in a small theater in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and there were about three or four protesters outside, and security guards in the theater. I loved it then, and get a lot out of it now.
I own 23 titles on that list. Whee!
The most prominent title I haven't yet seen is Cannibal Holocaust. It sounds intriguing in many ways (not least, its pre-Blair Witch pseudo-documentary section) but I also know the film includes real, unsimulated animal slaughter, and I have a hard time getting behind that. (Yes, I'm a hypocrite - I gleefully eat bacon and other meaty treats.) The DVD provides an option for skipping those scenes, but part of me thinks I ought to see the film as it was intended. So, I haven't yet bothered.
I guess its a sign of the times, or my own jaded status, that when I finally saw Salo, I thought, heck that wasn't so bad.
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