Sundance 2007: ZOO, CHICAGO 10

At Cinema Minima: Nick Marshall’s "Sexual Oddities at Sundance 2007"
"At first glance this story of bestiality [Zoo, about a man who died after having sex with a horse] seems to be merely a shock tactic, as exploitive as a donkey show. … But for [director Roberson] Devor [right] … one would expect something more meaningful. Rather than focusing simply on the sexual acts, Devor explores the human side of being outside the societal norm. … Devor’s focus is neither graphic nor exploitive, rather exploring the desire, humiliation, and pain of an unhappily married man who experimented with sexual alternatives until he pushed too far which, ultimately, cost him his life. The film is about thresholds. It’s about how far a [...]

by Andre Soares | January 19, 2007   
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