I Spit On Your Grave
by Meir Zarchi
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Actor: Anthony Nichols, Camille Keaton, Eron Tabor, Gunter Kleemann, Richard PaceDirector: Meir Zarchi
Brand: Brain Damage Films
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.77:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-07-06
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: ELITE ENTERTAINMENT
Movie Reviews of I Spit On Your Grave
Movie Review: Can't see the forest through the trees.
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie definitely has a cult-B movie quality about it. Therefore, I suppose it is safe to say that this film isn't for everyone. However, I am not sure why people are so appalled by this movie. The center of the story revolves around a rape and the aftermath of that event. I also realize rape is one of the most disgusting acts that could transpire between two human beings. With this taken into consideration, we as a society shouldn't watch this a pure entertainment, correct? Well if that is the case we as a fellowship should wipe out viewing 90% television and motion pictures. Reason being is that murder is a pretty nasty act, next to rape. However, how many movies as "entertainment" do western civilization watch that includes murder and/or killing people? Lethal Weapon (any part), XXX, Pulp Fiction, Face Off, Blade, Die Hard, Scarface, Desperado, Matrix, Bad Boys, should I keep going?
I haven't even listed horror films, but let us think of twisted ways to kill other people. Then the killer(s) can be dressed in really cool Halloween costumes and have multiple sequels. Finally, we go to the theater and get seats for a showing that fits our capitalistic schedule, while eat over priced popcorn! Isn't that the entire point of a horror movie and going to see one? Well how about to sell it to the masses we remove all the blood, then we can make it PG-13!!!
A perfect example of a movie with plenty of violence and killing is "Mr. and Mrs. Smith". This was probably one of the worst movies I have ever seen, but that aside, watch the last action scene of this movie. Branglina must have killed a hundred people, but there wasn't any blood. This makes it alright for a PG-13 rating; therefore it is alright to send our youth to watch this movie. So if you want to say "I Spit on Your Grave" is a terrible movie and is tasteless, fine. However, you better close theaters for blockbuster summer movies and/or cancel many televisions programs, because violence is everywhere, regardless if it is sexual driven or not.
As for "I Spit on Your Grave" itself, does the movie have the greatest story line? No. Is the acting unbelievable and amazing? No. Will it win any awards? No. However, all the aspects of the movie give it an element that is mesmerizing. Now this movie is about a brutal rape, but that isn't all it's about. One should wear the sign "Myopic" if they think this movie is only about rape. It is about a rape and its aftermath. How the character Jennifer reacts and deals with it. I know I stated prior that the acting in this movie isn't unbelievable and amazing. However, Camille Keaton (who sort of has this Fiona Apple quality about her) does a pretty good job in the movie.
As for the DVD itself, ELITE ENTERTAINMENT did a great job in restoring the picture and sound. However, I don't know why this movie was remastered in THX. There is no major sound effects or really any music. I suppose any conduit to George Lucas and Obi-Wan Kenobi is a good one. There is also an audio commentary track with Joe Bob Riggs, which is very insightful. As for the genre, I wouldn't list this as a horror movie at all. I would consider it more a drama. Nevertheless, the bathtub scene still makes my skin crawl. Right fellas?
In conclusion, I am not a person who is inclined to forgive a rapist or am one of these people that are turned on by sadistic acts such as rape. I enjoy this movie because it is edgy; not your normal cookie cutter movie of today. This type of motion picture wouldn't be made today; I suppose it is that postmodern John Calvin attitude that is bleeding over into media. As for movies about rape, I want to remind everyone that there was a movie about rape that allowed Jodie Foster to win an academy award.
Summary of I Spit On Your Grave
Elite Entertainment proudly presents the next entry in the famed MILLENNIUM EDITION DVD series: Meir Zarchi s I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE a.k.a. DAY OF THE WOMAN. Filled with the bonus materials you ve come to expect from Elite s MILLENNIUM EDITION series, this highly anticipated DVD release tells the tale of Jennifer Hills, a magazine writer from New York City who retires to a secluded cabin in the woods to write her first novel. There she is brutally assaulted, raped and left for dead by four country boys. BUT JENNIFER IS ALIVE. Emotionally destroyed, she no longer writes her novel; instead she finds herself choreographing a horrific revenge scheme to inflict punishment on her four assailants in methods such as the screen has never seen before! Originally titled DAY OF THE WOMAN, I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE has gained a reputation over the years as an extremely graphic and violent film, as well as the most controversial film to hit the world! Now you decide for yourself: Is it really Just another exploitation film to be dismissed as some film critics assert, or is it, as other critics proclaim, Truly a masterpiece of cinema.Writer-director Meir Zarchi's controversial story of rape and revenge has lost none of its ability to shock viewers since it first gained notoriety in the late '70s. Camille Keaton (grand-niece of Buster Keaton and, later, Zarchi's wife) stars as a young woman who is terrorized and then brutally assaulted by four men while on vacation. After slowly pulling herself together, she methodically tracks down and butchers each of the perpetrators. Zarchi's film has been consistently accused of celebrating violence against women, and while the rape scenes are graphic, they also lack the voyeuristic qualities that earmark other similarly plotted exploitation films. If anything, Zarchi is guilty of awkward scripting; the dialogue is leaden, and Keaton's transformation from victim to avenger is too swift. But to label him a pornographer is wrong, and while the film is challenging--perhaps more than most audiences can bear--its depiction of the psychology of violence is undeniably powerful. --Paul Gaita
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