Disturbing, beautiful, and weird. I read about this movie on a website at first and thought "A man boinking his pig? That sounds retarded." But then....I found out it was ridiculously hard to attain and I had to watch it, and I got a good copy so I was able to see everything clearly. This is both a blessing and a curse. The pig boinking scenes are, eh, well clearly he's really enjoying it and as much as I wanted to stop watching it, I couldn't, it's like a car wreck. Although, I think the scene where he's naked chasing the pig around that pen is even more disturbing-he's like a hunter going after his prey. He WANTS his pig. I feel like it was about to be a rape scene. Also He's got obsessions. He obsessively saves things in jars, pretty much saving everything he finds. I think when he's placing the jars on the shelf and they keep falling off is a metaphor to what's happening to him, he is losing control, cracking, and can't keep everything in place. He also acts obsessive with the piglets, who by the way don't look mutant, they look like cute little piglets and there are 2 funny scenes with them when he tries to cloth the piglets and they don't want to wear the clothes. Then that scene at the table where they won't eat from their dishes, so cute. But it demonstrates how obsessive he is. Some have mentioned that he is autistic, and I would agree that he is. (Also, what is THAT with the doll heads and the birds? Like he's trying to create a mutant creature, but it isn't working). And while all of this way creepy/icky/disturbing, the truly disturbing thing to me is the loneliness he had to experience as a result of his environment. The whole movie is void of talking, just the sounds of the animals and the music. Although there are a lot of slow scenes in this movie I think they help convey the emptiness of his days, the loneliness being surrounded by nothing but animals, and the mundane ordinariness of it all. Then the piglets come along, he dives into taking care of them. That made me sad too, the way he was so excited about his piglets because that is the only exciting and good thing happening in his life. So then he kills them. Then his lover kills herself. Then he eats his own crap and kills himself. The sound of the pig screaming while running away was blood curdling and made me sad. So, why would I like it? Im not sure, but I did. It was tragic and you really felt for this guy despite his "habits" because while watching him I really felt he did not know any better. What's more, I found myself wanting to know his past, where did he come from? How did he end up here and why? Also, the music was weird but fitting. I think it will forever be stuck in my head. This was the most disturbing film I've seen.
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