kindtxgal

For the life of me, I cannot understand or believe that no animal suffered or was mistreated in this film.

The scene where the "wolves" are eating a LIVE buffalo was too painful and jarring to watch, and completely unnecessary. I've also now learned that horses that "fell" during battle scenes often had to be put down for leg injuries ... there is no "right" or "humane" way to replicate animal situations like this.

As in the case of the "live" feasting on the poor buffalo --- completely unnecessary and horrid.

Yeah, but! Fantastic material about the birth of Spaghetti Westerns. .. lots of great film footage, and excellent commentators.

So what goes "wrong"?

Heavily European, fast paced dialogue from the interviewees minus English subtitles makes it very, very hard to followl.

Otherwise, my-eh! It's really quite good. Just couldn't understand most of it without multiple rewinds.

I always watch these short documentaries with a great deal of interest because it typically rouses enough curiosity in me to do my own research afterwards.

Such was this case.

I also found the documentary to be non-conclusive,though one might gather, from the title, that it is in the negative.

The most glaring error, however,in material is that the narrator and documentary has a grim, misty picture of an "unmarked" gravesite or obscure one at best, while after my research, discovered,though banished to Switzerland, Mesmer had a brisk practice there until his death.

Additionally, Germany has erected a huge sculpture honoring him in Meersburg, Germany where he died.

Sensationalistic claims not based in fact are a waste of time for me,although, as I said before the initial appeal of most documentaries myself is prompting me to do my own research.