American Cannibal

Fact or Fiction? You Decide
In "Network," his frighteningly prescient satire from 1976, writer Paddy Chayefsky only half-jokingly envisioned a day, in the not-too-distant future, when some innovative producer, knowing exactly the kind of programming the viewing public wanted to see, would create a series in which each week a different person would be assassinated on live TV - all to boffo ratings. Well, thirty-some-odd-years later, that day may have finally arrived, at least if "American Cannibal: The Road to Reality" is to be believed. This is a documentary that appears on the surface to be "straight" but which, one can only hope (and one frankly suspects), is actually a put-on. And if the movie ISN'T a put-on, then society may be more far gone than even the most pessimistic social critics have hitherto allowed themselves to imagine.

Nowhere in the movie do the filmmakers tip their hat as to whether this is a "real" documentary or simply a cleverly disguised facsimile of one. Each viewer is left...

Biting satire
Didn't know what I was getting into with this movie(like the contestants in the show). Really enjoyed it. Great for a peak into the dim, dark world of "reality" TV. Cynical humor. Underrated. So much better than so much out there.

American Cannibal
It is amazing what people will do for fame and fortune. Perry Grebin, the director and producer, did an excellent job. I'm looking foward to other movies he will be producing and directing.

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