Cannibalism Now on the Menu for San Diego’s Horrible Imaginings
A couple of weeks ago we gave you the lowdown on the 2016 Horrible Imaginings Film Festival in San Diego, which is celebrating its 7th year in September. A new panel taking place at the event has just been announced, and boy, does it have our name all over it!
Read on for the details of what Horrible Imaginings and the San Diego Museum of Man have cooked up for the show with regard to cannibalism, a taboo topic that is suffused through pop culture…
From the Press Release:
Moby Dick’s Queequeg. Robinson Crusoe. Silence of the Lambs. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Even Bugs Bunny encountered it in Looney Tunes cartoons…
Cannibalism is a topic that so effortlessly shocks and repels us that we never seem to get quite enough of it in our books, movies, or TV shows. At 6:00 PM on Friday, September 9th, San Diego’s Horrible Imaginings Film Festival will explore our fascination with cannibalism, and they are getting the best speaker to lend a hand.
Dr. Emily Anderson, who directed and curated the new “Cannibals: Myth & Reality” exhibit for San Diego Museum of Man, will lead a panel all about the phenomenon of cannibalism in pop culture and the real-world contexts that fuel it. Learn about some of the historical realities of cannibalism, some of the reasons cannibalism has been so present in storytelling for so long, and why this topic shows no signs of slowing down, even today.
The panel, entitled “Anthropophagia,” will open Friday night at the festival in the cinema at The Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park. Immediately following the discussion they will screen the short film “Survival Type,” which is based on a Stephen King short story of the same name and looks at a decidedly different kind of cannibalism.
Horrible Imaginings runs from Wednesday, September 7th, through Sunday, September 11th. A look at the complete schedule, times, films, descriptions, trailers, and more can be seen at hifilmfest.com. Tickets and full festival passes are also available for purchase online.
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