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Zoo

Zoo movie poster
Directed by Robinson Devor
Produced by Peggy Case
Alexis Ferris
Written by Charles Mudede
Robinson Devor
Starring Richard Carmen
Paul Eenhoorn
Russell Hodgkinson
John Paulsen
Cinematography Sean Kirby
Editing by Joe Shapiro
Distributed by THINKFilm
Release date(s) January 18, 2007
Theatrical:
April 25, 2007
Running time 80 min. Charles Tonderai Mudede (born February 8, 1969) is a writer filmmaker and leftist cultural critic THINKFilm is a privately held production and distribution company founded in September 2001 that is now a division of David Bergstein’s Capitol Films. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
Country United States
Language English
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IMDb profile

Zoo, a film by The Stranger columnist Charles Mudede and director Robinson Devor, and executive producers Garr Godfrey and Ben Exworthy, is a documentary on the life and death of Kenneth Pinyan, a Seattle area man who died unusually after engaging in sex with a horse. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The Stranger is an Alternative weekly newspaper in Seattle Washington, USA noted for its Social commentary, Political opinion Charles Tonderai Mudede (born February 8, 1969) is a writer filmmaker and leftist cultural critic A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Kenneth Pinyan ( June 22, 1960 - July 2, 2005) was a Gig Harbor, Washington resident who engaged in receptive Anal This article provides a list of unusual deaths &ndash unique or extremely rare circumstances &ndash recorded throughout history Zoophilia, from the Greek ζῷον ( zṓion, "animal" and φιλία ( philia, "friendship" or "love" is a Paraphilia The film's public debut was at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2007, where it was one of 16 winners out of 856 candidates,[1] and played at numerous regional festivals in the USA thereafter. The Sundance Film Festival is a Film festival that takes place annually in the state of Utah, in the United States. January 2007 is the first month of that year It began on a Monday and 31 days later ended on a Wednesday. [2] Following Sundance, it was also selected as one of the top five American films to be presented at the "prestigious" Directors Fortnight sidebar at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice, [3][4]

The director and festival shortlist producers describe the film as:

"The complete antithesis of what you expect . . . To begin with, 'Zoo' is neither graphic nor exploitive. Most of it takes the form of recreations, but from the point of view of the men 'who met for years without disturbance in the shadows of Mt. Rainier,' as Devor puts it. "[5]
"I aestheticized the sleaze right out of it. " - Devor[6]
"This was a guy who was a conservative man at one point, and those ideas started breaking down for him. I think that 9/11 triggered a lot of it. But he was [also] in the center of one of the most secretive military complexes. Meanwhile, he listened to a lot of left-wing radio, he questioned everything our government was involved in, and he was ethically conflicted about his job and the money he was making. That's the core fascination for me. " - Devor, describing his interest in the film's subject. [7]

The film was made with co-operation of the two men who took Pinyan to the hospital, as well as other friends of his, in the attempt to explore the life and death of the man, as well as those who came to the farm near Enumclaw for similar reasons, beyond the public understanding of the media. Enumclaw is a city in King County, Washington, United States. It does contain explicit material of sexual activities, but only in the view of video footage shown on a small television screen.

The Sundance judges called it a 'humanizing look at the life and bizarre death of a seemingly normal Seattle family man who met his untimely end after an unusual encounter with a horse'.

"They called us and were excited about the imagery, the poetry, the experimentation with the documentary form," says Charles Mudede, the film's writer and an editor at the alternative weekly The Stranger. [. . . ] "It's unmentionable. . . And then strangely, suddenly, in 2005, it becomes the talk of society. How exactly does that happen? How do we go from something being utterly hidden from view, and then suddenly we're consumed with it and so upset by it we need to pass a law?" [1]

Contents

Title

The movie was originally titled In the Forest There Is Every Kind of Bird,[8] but is released under the title Zoo, short for zoophile, signifying a person with unusually strong fondness for, attraction to or romantic interest in animals. Zoophilia, from the Greek ζῷον ( zṓion, "animal" and φιλία ( philia, "friendship" or "love" is a Paraphilia

Awards and Recognition

Zoo was one of 16 documentaries selected, out of 856 submitted, for screening at the Sundance Film Festival. [1]

It was also selected as one of the top five American films to be presented at the "prestigious" Directors Fortnight sidebar at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice, [3][4]

Response

The Seattle Times called it "A tough sell that gets respect at Sundance"[9], also noting the local economic effect of landmark films which put a location "on the map". The Seattle Times, one of two daily Newspapers serving Seattle Washington, United States, is the largest daily newspaper in the state of IndieWire movies calls it "one of the most beautiful films of the year" and noted that "without sensation" it steps back to a "non-traditional" viewpoint and concludes that "Devor makes a persuasive, provocative and deeply profound case for tolerance and understanding in the face of the seemingly most incomprehensible of acts". indieWIRE is a daily news and social networking site for the international independent film community OC Weekly film says, "Zoo achieves the seemingly impossible: It tells the luridly reported tale of a Pacific Northwest businessman's (who may have actually been an engineer for Boeing[10]) fatal sexual encounter with a horse in a way that’s haunting rather than shocking and tender beyond reason. OC Weekly, a sister publication of both LA Weekly and The Village Voice, is a free weekly paper (an Alternative weekly "[11] Similar views were expressed by the L.A. Times ("remarkably, an elegant, eerily lyrical film has resulted")[6] and the Toronto Star, "gorgeously artful . The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily Newspaper published in Los Angeles California and distributed The Toronto Star is Canada 's highest-circulation newspaper though its print edition is distributed almost entirely within the province of Ontario. . . one of the most beautifully restrained, formally distinctive and mysterious films of the entire festival". [12]

Other reviewers criticized the film for breaching "the last taboo", or for sinking to new depths: "More compelling than the depths of man's degeneracy is our cultural rationalization of 'art,' whereby pushing the envelope is confused with genius and scuttling the last taboo is seen as an expression of sophistication. " [13], and SouthFlorida. com obtained over two thousand posts within days mostly castigating the makers with dismay. [14]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Westneat, Danny. "New movie is the spawn of horse sex", The Seattle Times, 2006-12-03. The Seattle Times, one of two daily Newspapers serving Seattle Washington, United States, is the largest daily newspaper in the state of Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French  
  2. ^ Dentler, Matt (2007-05-04), Cannes Countdown: Directors' Fortnight Lineup Impresses, <http://blogs.indiewire.com/mattdentler/archives/013464.html> 
  3. ^ a b Levy, Emanuel. "Zoo: Inside the Controversial Documentary about Bestiality".
  4. ^ a b Hernandez, Eugene (2007-05-03). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Slate Set for 49th Directors' Fortnight; Corbijn's "Control" Opening Section. indieWIRE.
  5. ^ Zoo. Sundance Film Festival. The Sundance Film Festival is a Film festival that takes place annually in the state of Utah, in the United States.
  6. ^ a b LATimes
  7. ^ The Netscape Blog
  8. ^ Macdonald, Moira. "Infamous Enumclaw horse sex case to be made into movie", The Seattle Times, 2006-07-03. The Seattle Times, one of two daily Newspapers serving Seattle Washington, United States, is the largest daily newspaper in the state of Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Retrieved on 2006-07-03. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium.  
  9. ^ Vicchrilli, Sam. ""Zoo" a tough sell that gets respect at Sundance", The Seattle Times, 2007-01-26. The Seattle Times, one of two daily Newspapers serving Seattle Washington, United States, is the largest daily newspaper in the state of Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France.  
  10. ^ Kaufman, Anthony (2007-01-23). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Year of the Horse: The Stunning World of "Zoo".
  11. ^ Nelson, Rob (2007-01-25). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Sympathy for the Devil. OC Weekly. OC Weekly, a sister publication of both LA Weekly and The Village Voice, is a free weekly paper (an Alternative weekly
  12. ^ Pevere, Geoff (2007-01-26). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. In praise of real movies. Toronto Star. The Toronto Star is Canada 's highest-circulation newspaper though its print edition is distributed almost entirely within the province of Ontario.
  13. ^ Baltimore Sun
  14. ^ Documentary on beastiality premieres at Sundance Film Festival (2007-01-27). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva.

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Kenneth Pinyan ( June 22, 1960 - July 2, 2005) was a Gig Harbor, Washington resident who engaged in receptive Anal Zoophilia, from the Greek ζῷον ( zṓion, "animal" and φιλία ( philia, "friendship" or "love" is a Paraphilia The Sundance Film Festival is a Film festival that takes place annually in the state of Utah, in the United States.
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