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'''''Zoo''''' is a 2007 American documentary film based on the life and death of [[Enumclaw horse sex case|Kenneth Pinyan]], an American man who died of [[peritonitis]] due to perforation of the colon after engaging in receptive anal [[zoophilia|sex with a horse]]. The film's public debut was at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] in January 2007, where it was one of 16 winners out of 857 candidates. Following Sundance, it was selected as one of the top five American films to be presented at the [[Directors' Fortnight]] sidebar at the [[2007 Cannes Film Festival]].
'''''Zoo''''' is a 2007 American documentary film based on the life and death of [[Enumclaw horse sex case|Kenneth Pinyan]], an American man who died of [[peritonitis]] due to perforation of the colon after engaging in [[receptive]] anal [[zoophilia|sex with a horse]]. The film's public debut was at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] in January 2007, where it was one of 16 winners out of 857 candidates. Following Sundance, it was selected as one of the top five American films to be presented at the [[Directors' Fortnight]] [[Module:Sidebar|sidebar]] at the [[2007 Cannes Film Festival]].


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''Zoo'' was one of 16 documentaries selected, out of 856 submitted, for screening at the [[Sundance Film Festival]],<ref name="Westneat">{{cite news  | last = Westneat | first = Danny | title = New movie is the spawn of horse sex | newspaper = The [[Seattle Times]] | date = December 3, 2006 | url = http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003459228_danny03.html}}</ref> and played at numerous U.S. regional festivals thereafter.<ref>{{cite web | title=Cannes Countdown: Directors' Fortnight Lineup Impresses | publisher=Matt Dentler's Blog | date=May 4, 2007 | accessdate=July 13, 2011 | author=Dentler, Matt | archivedate=February 9, 2008 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209231740/http://blogs.indiewire.com/mattdentler/archives/013464.html| url=http://blogs.indiewire.om/mattdentler/archives/013464.html }}</ref>
''Zoo'' was one of 16 documentaries selected, out of 856 submitted, for screening at the [[Sundance Film Festival]],<ref name="Westneat">{{cite news  | last = Westneat | first = Danny | title = New movie is the spawn of horse sex | newspaper = The [[Seattle Times]] | date = December 3, 2006 | url = http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003459228_danny03.html}}</ref> and played at numerous U.S. regional festivals thereafter.<ref>{{cite web | title=Cannes Countdown: Directors' Fortnight Lineup Impresses | publisher=Matt Dentler's Blog | date=May 4, 2007 | accessdate=July 13, 2011 | author=Dentler, Matt | archivedate=February 9, 2008 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209231740/http://blogs.indiewire.com/mattdentler/archives/013464.html| url=http://blogs.indiewire.om/mattdentler/archives/013464.html }}</ref>


It was selected as one of the top five American films to be presented at the [[Directors' Fortnight]] sidebar at the [[2007 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="ZooCont">{{Cite journal | first = Emanuel | last =  Levy | title = Zoo: Inside the Controversial Documentary about Bestiality | url = http://emanuellevy.com/article.php?articleID=5686}}</ref><ref name="CANNES">{{cite web | last = Hernandez | first = Eugene | title = Slate Set for 49th Directors' Fortnight; Corbijn's "Control" Opening Section | publisher = indieWIRE | date = May 3, 2007 | url = http://www.indiewire.com/article/cannes_07_slate_set_for_49th_directors_fortnight_corbijns_control_opening_s/}}</ref>
It was selected as one of the top five American films to be presented at the [[Directors' Fortnight]] [[Module:Sidebar|sidebar]] at the [[2007 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="ZooCont">{{Cite journal | first = Emanuel | last =  Levy | title = Zoo: Inside the Controversial Documentary about Bestiality | url = http://emanuellevy.com/article.php?articleID=5686}}</ref><ref name="CANNES">{{cite web | last = Hernandez | first = Eugene | title = Slate Set for 49th Directors' Fortnight; Corbijn's "Control" Opening Section | publisher = indieWIRE | date = May 3, 2007 | url = http://www.indiewire.com/article/cannes_07_slate_set_for_49th_directors_fortnight_corbijns_control_opening_s/}}</ref>


==Reception==
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Sundance judges called the film 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".<ref>{{cite web|date= December 3, 2006|first=Danny|last=Westneat|title=New movie is the spawn of horse sex|work=[[Seattle Times]]|url=http://seattletimes.com/html/dannywestneat/2003459228_danny03.html}}</ref>
Sundance judges called the film 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]]".<ref>{{cite web|date= December 3, 2006|first=Danny|last=Westneat|title=New movie is the spawn of horse sex|work=[[Seattle Times]]|url=http://seattletimes.com/html/dannywestneat/2003459228_danny03.html}}</ref>


''[[The Seattle Times]]'' called it "A tough sell that gets respect at Sundance",<ref>{{cite news  | last = Vicchrilli | first = Sam | title = "Zoo" a tough sell that gets respect at Sundance | newspaper = The [[Seattle Times]] | date = January 26, 2007 | url = http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2003541544_sundance26.html}}</ref> also noting the local economic effect of landmark films which put a location "on the map". <!--[[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".--> ''[[OC Weekly]]'' film says, "''Zoo'' achieves the seemingly impossible: It tells the luridly reported tale of a Pacific Northwest [[Boeing]] engineer's<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/park_city_07_review_year_of_the_horse_the_stunning_world_of_zoo/ | first=Anthony | last=Kaufman | date=January 23, 2007 | title=Year of the Horse: The Stunning World of "Zoo"}}</ref> fatal sexual encounter with a horse in a way that's haunting rather than shocking and tender beyond reason."<ref>{{cite news | last = Nelson | first = Rob | title=Sympathy for the Devil | newspaper = [[OC Weekly]] | date = January 25, 2007 | url = http://www.ocweekly.com/film/film/sympathy-for-the-devil/26581/}}</ref> Similar views were expressed by the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' ("remarkably, an elegant, eerily lyrical film has resulted")<ref name="LAtimes">{{cite news|title='Zoo' is not just 'eeew'|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jan/22/entertainment/et-zoo22|author=Kenneth Turan|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=January 22, 2007|accessdate=2011-09-04}}</ref> and the ''[[Toronto Star]]'', "gorgeously artful ... one of the most beautifully restrained, formally distinctive and mysterious films of the entire festival".<ref>{{cite news | last = Pevere  | first = Geoff  | title = In praise of real movies | newspaper = [[Toronto Star]] | date = January 26, 2007 | url = https://www.thestar.com/article/175090}}</ref>
''[[The Seattle Times]]'' called it "A tough sell that gets respect at Sundance",<ref>{{cite news  | last = Vicchrilli | first = Sam | title = "Zoo" a tough sell that gets respect at Sundance | newspaper = The [[Seattle Times]] | date = January 26, 2007 | url = http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2003541544_sundance26.html}}</ref> also noting the local economic effect of landmark films which put a location "on the map". <!--[[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".--> ''[[OC Weekly]]'' film says, "''Zoo'' achieves the seemingly impossible: It tells the luridly reported tale of a Pacific Northwest [[Boeing]] engineer's<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/park_city_07_review_year_of_the_horse_the_stunning_world_of_zoo/ | first=Anthony | last=Kaufman | date=January 23, 2007 | title=Year of the Horse: The Stunning World of "Zoo"}}</ref> fatal sexual encounter with a horse in a way that's haunting rather than shocking and tender beyond reason."<ref>{{cite news | last = Nelson | first = Rob | title=Sympathy for the Devil | newspaper = [[OC Weekly]] | date = January 25, 2007 | url = http://www.ocweekly.com/film/film/sympathy-for-the-devil/26581/}}</ref> Similar views were expressed by the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' ("remarkably, an elegant, eerily lyrical film has resulted")<ref name="LAtimes">{{cite news|title='Zoo' is not just 'eeew'|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jan/22/entertainment/et-zoo22|author=Kenneth Turan|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=January 22, 2007|accessdate=2011-09-04}}</ref> and the ''[[Toronto Star]]'', "gorgeously artful ... one of the most beautifully restrained, formally distinctive and mysterious films of the entire festival".<ref>{{cite news | last = Pevere  | first = Geoff  | title = In praise of real movies | newspaper = [[Toronto Star]] | date = January 26, 2007 | url = https://www.thestar.com/article/175090}}</ref>
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==Legacy==
==Legacy==
[[Charles Mudede]] reported in 2015 that the zoophiles featured in the film had remained in contact with the director; according to Mudede they believe that Devor was "a real ally" to their cause.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sokol|first1=Zach|title=The Strange, Sad Story of the Man Named Mr. Hands Who Died from Having Sex with a Horse|url=https://www.vice.com/read/ten-years-ago-mr-hands-got-fucked-to-death-by-a-horse-716|website=vice|publisher=vice.com|accessdate=1 January 2016}}</ref>
[[Charles Mudede]] reported in 2015 that the [[zoophiles]] featured in the film had remained in contact with the director; according to Mudede they believe that Devor was "a real ally" to their cause.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sokol|first1=Zach|title=The Strange, Sad Story of the Man Named Mr. Hands Who Died from Having Sex with a Horse|url=https://www.vice.com/read/ten-years-ago-mr-hands-got-fucked-to-death-by-a-horse-716|website=vice|publisher=vice.com|accessdate=1 January 2016}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Zoo
File:Zoo(2007 film) poster.jpg
Zoo movie poster
Directed byRobinson Devor
Written byCharles Mudede
Robinson Devor
Produced byPeggy Case
Alexis Ferris
StarringRichard Carmen
Paul Eenhoorn
Russell Hodgkinson
John Paulsen
CinematographySean Kirby
Edited byJoe Shapiro
Music byPaul Matthew Moore
Distributed byTHINKFilm
Release dates
Running time
80 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Zoo is a 2007 American documentary film based on the life and death of Kenneth Pinyan, an American man who died of peritonitis due to perforation of the colon after engaging in receptive anal sex with a horse. The film's public debut was at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2007, where it was one of 16 winners out of 857 candidates. Following Sundance, it was selected as one of the top five American films to be presented at the Directors' Fortnight sidebar at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.

Title

The film was originally titled In the Forest There Is Every Kind of Bird,[1] but is released under the title Zoo, short for zoophile, signifying a person with a sexual interest in animals.

Awards and recognition

Zoo was one of 16 documentaries selected, out of 856 submitted, for screening at the Sundance Film Festival,[2] and played at numerous U.S. regional festivals thereafter.[3]

It was selected as one of the top five American films to be presented at the Directors' Fortnight sidebar at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.[4][5]

Reception

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Sundance judges called the film 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".[6]

The Seattle Times called it "A tough sell that gets respect at Sundance",[7] also noting the local economic effect of landmark films which put a location "on the map". OC Weekly film says, "Zoo achieves the seemingly impossible: It tells the luridly reported tale of a Pacific Northwest Boeing engineer's[8] fatal sexual encounter with a horse in a way that's haunting rather than shocking and tender beyond reason."[9] Similar views were expressed by the Los Angeles Times ("remarkably, an elegant, eerily lyrical film has resulted")[10] and the Toronto Star, "gorgeously artful ... one of the most beautifully restrained, formally distinctive and mysterious films of the entire festival".[11]

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."[12]

Legacy

Charles Mudede reported in 2015 that the zoophiles featured in the film had remained in contact with the director; according to Mudede they believe that Devor was "a real ally" to their cause.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Macdonald, Moira (July 3, 2006). "Infamous Enumclaw horse sex case to be made into movie". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on July 5, 2006. Retrieved July 3, 2006.
  2. ↑ Westneat, Danny (December 3, 2006). "New movie is the spawn of horse sex". The Seattle Times.
  3. ↑ Dentler, Matt (May 4, 2007). "Cannes Countdown: Directors' Fortnight Lineup Impresses". Matt Dentler's Blog. Archived from the original on February 9, 2008. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
  4. ↑ Levy, Emanuel. "Zoo: Inside the Controversial Documentary about Bestiality". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ↑ Hernandez, Eugene (May 3, 2007). "Slate Set for 49th Directors' Fortnight; Corbijn's "Control" Opening Section". indieWIRE.
  6. ↑ Westneat, Danny (December 3, 2006). "New movie is the spawn of horse sex". Seattle Times.
  7. ↑ Vicchrilli, Sam (January 26, 2007). ""Zoo" a tough sell that gets respect at Sundance". The Seattle Times.
  8. ↑ Kaufman, Anthony (January 23, 2007). "Year of the Horse: The Stunning World of "Zoo"".
  9. ↑ Nelson, Rob (January 25, 2007). "Sympathy for the Devil". OC Weekly.
  10. ↑ Kenneth Turan (January 22, 2007). "'Zoo' is not just 'eeew'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  11. ↑ Pevere, Geoff (January 26, 2007). "In praise of real movies". Toronto Star.
  12. ↑ Kathleen Parker (January 26, 2007). "Sundance films wallow in perversity, try to pass it off as 'art'". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  13. ↑ Sokol, Zach. "The Strange, Sad Story of the Man Named Mr. Hands Who Died from Having Sex with a Horse". vice. vice.com. Retrieved January 1, 2016.

External links

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