The brutal and divisive 1980 film Cannibal Holocaust’s Italian director, Ruggero Deodato, passed away on Thursday in Rome, according to the Il Messaggero newspaper. He was 83.
Robert Kerman starred in the documentary-style film Cannibal Holocaust, which was filmed in Colombia and purportedly used “discovered material” from an expedition to find indigenous communities in the Amazon jungle by a sadistic American film crew.
It was outlawed in several nations, including Deodato’s own. Shortly after it opened in theaters, Italian authorities seized his film and destroyed any remaining prints because it featured animal slaughter, gang rape, mutilation, and torture.
Deodato was accused of killing actors and was facing 30 years in prison, but when he appeared in court with the allegedly deceased men, the accusations against him were withdrawn (the actors had signed contracts to disappear for a year). However, he was punished for profanity.
Ruggero Deodato funeral, burial service, pictures, date, time, venue
Deodato claimed that he created Cannibal Holocaust in response to exaggerated news stories about terrorism that he had observed playing at the time on Italian television. Additionally, he defended the animal abuse images in an interview he gave to The Guardian in 2011.
The family of Ruggero Deodato has not yet made a formal announcement on the details of his funeral. For further updates, check back frequently.
