A Brilliant Conflict

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

"Pig" is a very surreal little movie directed by two weirdos who seem to have been willing to do ANYTHING to themselves for the sake of their odd art. Seriously, there are some f*cked up visuals in here that do NOT look faked, and they managed to make even Me squirm uncomfortably in my seat, and I hardly ever wince during a "shock" production like this. But, seeing a sewing needle going through a man's nipple and, even worse, his penis was no doubt really unnerving and gross to watch.My main issue with the film is how hard it tries to be *EDGY*. In some ways, this can be effective, but there comes a point in which it's simply too over the top and obvious. There are skulls and occult-ish imagery and sadomasochistic bdsm and plenty of swastikas all throughout this painful twenty minutes, and, after the initial shock, it gets quite silly.Despite this, I enjoyed "Pig" overall. The atmosphere was very heavy and the visual style was often creative and oddly mesmerizing. There is no real plot, as this is an experimental film, but, in the end, it is much more linear than, say, a Stan Brakhage film, and this makes it work even more. The microscopic and cryptic semblance of plot it does contain is disturbing and wild enough to pull together a decently evocative short horror film that has the power to disturb and interest, no matter how obvious the silly, emo- teenage-boy-esque *EDGINESS* can get.

"Pig" is an experimental horror movie from almost 20 years ago that runs for 23 minutes and is black-and-white. The emphasis here is on "experimental" as this film written and directed by Nico B. and Rozz Williams (and starring the latter) was clearly and experiment and gone wrong. It is not scary as a horror movie always should be, just trying to be different and even disturbing so that people talk about it, like at the end when we see female genitalia. Maybe Nico B. is the closest America has to Jörg Buttgereit and that is not a compliment. Not at all. This film here is not art. It's as strange to watch and even worse to listen to with the constant noise and distant voices we hear. A prime example of what a movie should not look like. Highly not recommended.

Rozz Williams, I followed the man from his early years until his death (has visited his grave in LA and took my picture). He made such beautiful songs with his band Christian Death, and did had a lot of other projects were fans turned their face away from because it became to weird or became a soundscape. Nevertheless, Rozz artwork was also something special. I do have his book which is nowadays OOP and goes for a lot of money, the same with the DVD of PIG. The short movie were we can see Rozz. On April 1, 1998, Williams hanged himself in his West Hollywood apartment. This was made shortly before that moment with the Dutch director Nico B. who was the partner of Gitane DeMone, a person very close to Rozz who appeared in early Christian Death work and even had a love affair with Rozz. Rozz scripted the story for PIG about a serial killer killing people on a ritual way in the dessert. No effects were used and it looks rather gruesome and painful, so a friend (James Hollan) of Rozz was able to let permit the torture on his body. The script itself is available with the original DVD on the Cultepics label together with the book you see in this short movie. It was dated two weeks before Rozz his death. That's the reason why the original DVD goes for a lot of money, the DVD which I have. But nowadays there's also a Blu Ray out but without the extra's from the original issue. Still, if you can take some kind of S&M serial killer flick with the act done for real then this is a must see. People who are easily offended stay away from this. If you are a fan of Rozz try to pick up the original issue but if you can't spend the money then pick up this Blu Ray which also contains a sleeve that was banned immediately due the Nazi reference. I was able to catch the one with that reference already high in price nowadays, because a second issue is now available without the Nazi symbolism. There's no original soundtrack on PIG, it should have been made by Rozz and he did wrote down some things but it was never made, reason known....Gore 3/5 Nudity 5/5 Effects 0/5 Script 3/5 Comedy 0/5

A basic exposition in S&M. A man wrapped in gauze meets a woman in a pig mask in the desert, and they go off to a remote cabin where she performs erotic sadism on him. Kudos to the filmmakers for actually showing it, but oddly enough the black and white photography and noizy score seem only formula, and the real interest ends up being in the lovely scrap-book made for the production. Unfortunately, the use of said scrapbook is more diverting than the spectacle of the S&M, but whatever. I'm sure this movie holds a lot more interest to those people involved in the subculture or those who have never been confronted so graphically with the subculture (unfortunately, I've hung out with suspension folks, so this stuff has no mystery to me). I recommend the feature length Maitresse. Not quite as much direct S&M, but a real story and evocative characters.--PolarisDiB