Vase de noces / The Wedding Trough (Thierry Zéno, 1974)

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GaryC · #1 Post by **GaryC** » Tue May 26, 2009 6:09 pm

Directed by Thierry Zeno, this no-dialogue, one-actor, black and white film is of some notoriety - banned in Australia and (if memory serves) UK customs tried to prevent its entering the country for a film festival showing in the 1970s. Has anyone seen it?

It's now available on DVD in Sweden, under the title Svinet.

Cold Bishop · #2 Post by **Cold Bishop** » Tue May 26, 2009 6:17 pm

Isn't this the Pig Fucking Movie?

der_Artur · #3 Post by **der_Artur** » Wed May 27, 2009 8:33 am

Yes, it's the Pig Fucking Movie.

A DVD will be available from Germany, too. A long Interview (72Min.) with the director will be a bonus. I'll post again as soon as I know where you can buy it the cheapest, if you have to ship it to a location outside of Germany.

eltopo · #4 Post by **eltopo** » Thu May 28, 2009 1:52 pm

Germany DVD:

RodneyOz · #5 Post by **RodneyOz** » Thu May 28, 2009 2:13 pm

That looks like a good set there. And it's going to be easier to get past Customs than a grey market jewel case saying 'The Pig Fucking Movie'.

jesus the mexican boi · Thu May 28, 2009 6:38 pm

So is it really 79 minutes of pig-fucking or 76 minutes of foreplay?

ouatitw · #7 Post by **ouatitw** » Thu May 28, 2009 8:43 pm

they really did go all out for a this film.

Barmy · #8 Post by **Barmy** » Thu May 28, 2009 10:33 pm

Is the pig a man or a woman?

RodneyOz · #9 Post by **RodneyOz** » Fri May 29, 2009 12:53 am

The pig is female. Which is how it can

Spoiler

give birth to human-pig piglettes

afterwards (seriously, this is what happens).

It really isn't a movie about pig fucking, though for SOME strange reason that's what sticks in people's head

There's a lot more to it, and I'm glad that this set seems to be putting it into a context beyond the pig fucking metaphor.

Murdoch · #10 Post by **Murdoch** » Fri May 29, 2009 3:38 am

RodneyOz wrote:The pig is female. Which is how it can
Spoiler
give birth to mutant human-pig hybrid piglettes

afterwards (seriously, this is what happens).

This just jumped up to my must-watch list, although sitting through a guy sexing up a pig may be too much for even me.

der_Artur · #11 Post by **der_Artur** » Fri May 29, 2009 10:21 am

I have never seen it, but had the opportunity to read the texts in the booklet and the subtitles for the interview. The movie seems to be a very bleak vision of an existence reduced to the most basic needs and rituals. While reading the texts I always had Cipri i Maresco in mind and am looking forward to prove if the movie really holds up to this high expectation.

FerdinandGriffon · Fri May 29, 2009 1:34 pm

golgothicon wrote:I'll post again as soon as I know where you can buy it the cheapest, if you have to ship it to a location outside of Germany.

This information (shipping to the US) would be much appreciated, if you have a chance.

der_Artur · #14 Post by **der_Artur** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:26 pm

I posted some screencaps in the designated thread.
Some short notes to de-mystify this film:

Spoiler

The "pig fucking" takes ca. 1min and 10sec, the newborns look like normal pigs.

The Film is mainly about strange rituals in the life of a strange person, and not about sodomy.

sharunasbresson · #15 Post by **sharunasbresson** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 9:18 am

Regarding this movie Rituals is the key words together with taboo.

It's an exploration of human taboo conducted in a way that is at the same time lyrical, literal and metaphorical.

Pasolini comes to mind. Teorema, Porcile and Medea especially.

Thierry Zeno is ananthropologist with a camera.

All his films are really challenging. unfortunately the fucking pig reference is what sticks in people mind.

I would really like to be able again to watch his beautiful (yet disturbing) film Les Morts about inhumation and burial rituals all over the world.

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