Whether you see this as a documentary or a hoax, the message remains: reality television is a great money-maker for its producers and great entertainment for its viewers. But the people competing for the prizes are putting themselves in a position to pay the biggest prices.

American Cannibal? Sign me up for seconds! That's good eatin'! Mmmmm Good. American Cannibal. It goes down smooth. American Cannibal. Tastes like pork. American Cannibal. It's Kosher. NOT! American Cannibal. No German's were harmed in the making of this film. American Cannibal.

Evidently the Blair Witch Project of documentaries, this deftly explores the craze of the reality show.

It doesn't seem that long ago that Reality Television was a novel concept. Now it is a fact of life. It isn't going anywhere, it's cheap to produce, the ratings continue to remain high, and there is a never ending supply of people desperate for a taste of fame, no matter what the cost or the amount of humiliation they have to endure. That's the idea behind, American Cannibal; just how far are people willing to go, will they eat human flesh? And who are the people willing to create it? Gil Ripley and Dave Roberts are a pair of 온라인카지노추천 writers, who've had a little success, but have yet to hit it big. They don't want to demean themselves with reality television, they think it's below them, but since nothing else seems to be working, and their manager has suggested it may be a way to get their name out there, they're willing to try anything. They've got a couple of pretty far out there ideas; like Virgin Territory a show full of virgins, who are put to the test with a constant barrage of sexual imagery, and whoever can go the longest without masturbating, gets to lose their virginity to a porn star. They're selling their ideas to anyone that'll listen. Eventually they work their way down to porn producer Kevin Blatt, who is most famous for promoting the Paris Hilton sex tape; he's hoping to go mainstream with a reality 온라인카지노추천 show, and surprisingly doesn't bite on the virgin show (I guess he has in the meantime), instead goes for something Gil and Dave kind of make up on the spot. It's a show called The Ultimate, Ultimate Challenge, terrible name, lame idea; but he's willing to put the money up to produce it. The concept of the show is to starve people, while they live on an island where cannibalism is still legal, and also compete in Survivor type challenges. Watching the casting process for this show is amazing, it is pathetic to watch people grovel, just for the chance at this no-name show. Once the cameras are rolling on the real contestants, it's interesting to see how manipulated these type of shows really are. Something horrible happens while the show is shooting, they it a mystery as to what happened before and after, with no real conclusion as to what actually went down. I'm not sure if the whole thing was manipulated by the filmmakers, or if they're being vague on for entertainment purposes. There's a lot of talk on the IMDb boards about this whole film being a mockumentary. Which I don't totally buy, but also has me questioning the reality of this film. None of these people are professional actors and quite a few of them are known real people, such as reality 온라인카지노추천 director Neil DeGroot, host George Gray and producer Kevin Blatt, who are all in on the joke or not. So either they got amazing real-life performances out of amateur actors, which I've never seen accomplished, most mockumentaries are obvious within the first few minutes; and the filmmakers kept the lie up for over two years now; or most of the film is the real deal, with a touch of manipulation. Either way it's a searing look at reality television; in the end you feel the worst for the creators of the show for selling their souls for something so hokey, just so they could get a taste of the entertainment biz. Originally posted on <a href=http://whatiwatchedlastnight.blogspot.com>What I Watched Last Night</a>

Interesting knowing that it was going to eventually fall apart. Who doesn't like to watch a train wreck happen?! It was alright.

Was this all fake? Was it partly real? The problem, or maybe the genius of this film is that it could have been either one. It wasn't entirely satisfying either way, though.

Not well made, which is too bad, because it could have been really good

I don't know that it was great, but definitely intriguing. And I still can't tell, after numerous internet searches, how much of it was real.

surprisingly good doc. like everyone else...i have no clue which parts are real and which were staged. i'm totally kind of freaked out about that girl though. nothing is ever really said...i mean, is she even alive? but anyway, yeah it was a great look into pitching idea after idea and how draining it is...just to have someone use an idea of yours, thats not even what you want. then have it spiral down to nothing. it was almost like they were being forced to sell out into reality tv and the whole time they hated themselves for it.

This is absolutely brilliant. Is it real, is it not? Well, the answer that question in the first minute: it's both. Makes a powerful statement of disposable celebrity, reality 온라인카지노추천, and how far things are willing to go. As someone in the business myself, it hits home on a lot of levels.

i think its true one day we will see public executions on tv

Somewhat interesting story of two writers trying to get a reality television show off the ground, but it somehow falters the further into the film you get. I'm not sure what we're supposed to glean from the ending of the film, as the shows' production is plagued from the start, but it was an interesting way to wast an hour and a half. Give it a look on cable, like I did.

Decent doc, shows some of the true horrors of the entertainment biz.

Not what I thought it was going to be. Very boring.

This was a weird documentary. It was weird because, at one point, I suddenly started to have doubts about if the thing was real or a faux documentary. It follows two men pitching their ideas to producers hoping something would get picked up, and the one that gets a green light is a reality show with cannibalism that the guys mention as a joke. Some scenes just appeared too staged and I had a hard time believing such a reality show could ever come to exist, even in today's society. And why have we not heard anything about this? Anyway, it tries to comment on the popularity of reality television and the direction they are going, that is, more and more hardcore. Some of the things are interesting but I just could not get over the fact that I do not know if this was a real documentary or entertainment. I still have no idea. Pretty sick world if that show really filmed for a while.

Not a bad doco, but it's more a tale of what "selling out" to the big dollar can do to you and your relationships than a commentary on the ever more sick search for 온라인카지노추천 ratings. I enjoyed it, though.

I'm not the big documentary guy, but hearing the premise for this movie was too much to ignore. Perhaps I'm the guy they were talking about. This movie is pretty interesting. We, in fact, are the reality viewers watching the soap opera that are these writers' lives. But at least this time there is a lesson to be learned. I really respect these two guys (despite them being way too nerdy for me to handle sometimes.) We start the movie at the height of their desperation as it is. I have to give it to the directors for making us really relate to these two down-and-out writers. The part that tricked me was the film description. It seemed like these writers desperately wanted to make a cannibalism gameshow. Not true. The concept was to see if anyone was up to the concept of cannibalism without ever being encountered with that situation. The eeriest thing about this movie is the Paris Hilton sex tape producer. Man, I can't believe this guy exists. Not only did he scream "douche" personality-wise, but he just seemed morally clueless.

Taught documentary that poses a very important question: Just how far will reality television go? I just want to know what was and wasnt staged.

My friends were on Dr. Phil to help promote this "Documentary" and I say that with quotes not like how people refer to Michael Moore's docs but becasue it's very clear how scripted this movie is. And as far as my friend could tell me from meeting the guy's on Dr. Phil... the main storyline is fictional to show how low reality 온라인카지노추천 could sink but the cast members are totally real people who thought they were gonna be on the next huge Reality Show (which is about putting 6 people on an island with no food for a week and a half to see if they'd start to eat each other)

Very interesting documentary.