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- 2005
- 1 h 31 m
- 2005
- 1 h 31 m
Summary This documentary scratches its way beneath the surface of an infamous Toronto animal cruelty case, deftly exploring the opaque logic surrounding this macabre act. (Rough Age Projectiles)
- 2005
- 1 h 31 m
- 2005
- 1 h 31 m
Casuistry: The Art of Killing a Cat
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9.5
Summary This documentary scratches its way beneath the surface of an infamous Toronto animal cruelty case, deftly exploring the opaque logic surrounding this macabre act. (Rough Age Projectiles)
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Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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29% Positive
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
44
29% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
57% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
14% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Make no mistake: Casuistry isn't easy to watch. Cat lovers might be especially turned off. But Asher had every right to make it, and you have every right to see it.
Tells a fascinatingly lurid tale.
Without any deeper consideration of the matter, the film is a grueling experience, and 90 minutes is simply far too long to spend in the company of Jesse Power.
The documentary is fair-minded but vague, and disturbing only when it describes the cat-killing in gruesome detail...Someone should take another crack at this story. Call it "The Art Of Killing Of A Movie."
In deliberate, clinical fashion, Zev Asher's documentary catches up with a notorious Canadian case of art versus animal cruelty.
The offending videotape is never seen, but the entire film is built around its absence. Periodically, the film returns to a written police account of the video, which scrolls up the screen, documenting the animal's suffering blow by blow to the sound of ominous music.
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Production Company
Rough Age Projectiles
Release Date Apr 27, 2005
Duration 1 h 31 m
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