Horse sex mania has hit a new high this week with news concerning the upcoming Sundance screening of director Robinson Devor’s Zoo. (Click here for our latest post on this film) The wonderful folks over at /Film have given us a look at the recently revealed theatrical poster for the man meets horse documentary that has everyone talking. The design is simple and speaks volumes. Litres even. For those of you who have no idea what any of this means, here’s a synopsis of the film:
ZOO tells the story of a seemingly average businessman whose secret sexual life led to his shocking death. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Robinson Devor (“Woman Chaser,” “Police Beat”), the film explores the ensuing media coverage and public outcry that uncovered a secret community of apparently upstanding citizens who share this extreme and exotic appetite, revealing the enormous gulf between what we appear to be and who we really are.
This is the story Robert Redford didn’t have the balls to tell in The Horse Whisperer, but now has the balls to premiere it at his festival. I’m thinking of putting a Zoo countdown clock on the site for all of you folks who could care less about The Transformers. According to IMDB, Devor’s next project is a film called The Minotaur. I don’t even want to ask.
Related Link: /Film: Zoo Poster Revealed
Hahaha oh my god.
Do you really believe that Zoo will get any sort of release though? If you worked at a studio and were at Sundance, would you really want to be the guy who came back to the boss and says : “Yeah we should pick this movie Zoo up. It’s about uhh… horse-sex, it’s excellent!” You’d be known as the horse-sex guy forever!
Lets just hope for some sort of DVD-release.
It’s been picked up already. My last story on it was about THINKFilm acquiring worldwide rights.
Horse sex jokes aside, I think the film goes a little deeper. I’m sure it’s not the sensational exploitation that the subject matter would make you believe.
But I thought those were just the rights to the movie. I have never seen a movie in theatres that had THINKFilm in front of it I think, have they distributed any movies? I thought they were just being speculative and buying the rights cheaply just before it was showcased on the festival, hoping to earn a quick buck.
Here’s a short rundown of some of the films THINKFilm has released:
Shortbus
Murderball
Half Nelson
Palindromes
Fuck
Tideland
Strangers With Candy
The Boys of Baraka
The Aristocrats
Primer
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Spellbound
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
I’m pretty sure you’ve seen at least one of the films on that list.
Good news is I have seen movies from that list. Bad news is I only remember one from theatres which was The Assassination of Richard Nixon. I don’t think any of the others had a theatrical release here
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I hope this movie is more like Spellbound and less like Shortbus!
I suggested this film not be made, alas I was not listened to. In a world with so much to be documented, sadly this. Horses are the symbol of the feminine energy according to ancient Chinese philosophy, their tireless roaming over the face of the earth…speaks volumes to me in these times with men at war…and the kind of women of course behind them. The patriarch and the explotation of the “feminine.” This is not consensual sex between adults, but abuse of animals by man…who truly is the animal here. Communing with nature? I don’t think so. This is only possible because men can penetrate, a word so oft used in war games and sports. Why not save the Penquins and the children? I have heard the imagery is often beautiful and it is an exploration of the documentary form. Hitler loved great art.
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