NO HABLE CON EL!
In Spanish film director Pedro Almodovar’s new film,
Hable con Ella (Talk to Her), at least six bulls were tortured and killed for a bullfighting
scene, making it a real-life snuff film. No hable con él! Escribamos a la Academia explicando
lo que se esconde tras hable con ella
From: "GEVHA-Grupo Estudio Violencia hacia Humanos y Animales" <gevha@AnimalProtector.com>
Organization: GEVHA
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 16:47:33 +0100
Subject: No hable con él! Escribamos a la Academia explicando lo que se esconde tras
hable con ella
In July 2001, when a Madrid animal protection group,
Animal Amnesty, learned of the torment that these animals endured for Almodovar’s movie, they launched a letter-writing campaign and
filed a complaint with the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sports and the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences that the gruesome scenes violated an article in Madrid’s Domestic
Animal Protection Law, which states that "the filming for film or television of scenes that
involve cruelty, mistreatment, or suffering requires previous authorization from the relevant
authorities … and that any injuries to the animal must be simulated."
Almodovar’s production company claimed that it was simply filming a bullfighting training
session. However, photos were taken of Almodovar directing the matador during the filming. The
production company also dismissed the animal protection law as only applying to "pets."
According to the Associated Press, a study found that
20 percent of bulls are drugged before they step into the ring. Of 200 bulls, "1 in 5 had been given anti-inflammatory drugs, which
mask injuries that could sap the animal’s strength." Former bullfighters have
confessed that bulls are fed laxatives to debilitate them days before the fight, have the
muscles cut in
their necks to prevent them from lifting their heads up all the way, and usually have petroleum
jelly smeared in their eyes to affect their vision.
There is no harm in discussing the violent bloody "sport" of bullfighting, just as
there is no harm in talking about forest fires, but if you pay someone to make such things happen,
as happened in the filming of the movie, that’s ethically indefensible. More than 40,000
bulls are barbarically slaughtered in rings in Spain each year. Now, the blood is on Almodovar’s
hands for promoting bullfights.
Truly progressive directors in Hollywood, from Wolfgang
Petersen to Robert Redford to Terry Zwigoff, now use blue screen, animatronics, robotics, natural
footage,
costumes—you name it. Almodovar’s
lack of innovation makes him about as modern as the Roman Coliseum.
Click here <http://stream.realimpact.org/rihurl.ram?file=realimpact/peta/video_general/bullfighting.rm> to
see for yourself just how cruel these events are. You will see undercover footage of bulls
being barbarically slaughtered at a bullfighting
school in Spain.
What
you can do:
-
Please boycott Almodovar’s Hable
Con Ella when it runs in U.S. theaters and elsewhere,
and encourage friends and family to do so as well.
-
Write to Almodovar and ask
that he speak out against bullfighting and refuse to use animals in his films in the future.
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Order some of PETA’s "Stay
Away From Bullfights" leaflets and distribute them
at the opening of the Almodovar film in your area and during its
entire run.
-
-
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Send letters of protest to
the following people:
El Deseo, Almodovar's Production Company
Francisco Navacerrada 24
28028 Madrid,
Spain
Tel.: (011) 34-91-724-8199
Fax: (011) 34-91-724-1351
e-mail: eldeseo@eldeseo.es
In Spanish film director Pedro Almodovar’s
new film, Hable con Ella (Talk to Her), at least six bulls were tortured and killed
for a bullfighting scene, making it a real-life snuff film.
In July 2001, when a Madrid animal protection group,
Animal Amnesty, learned of the torment that these animals endured for
Almodovar’s movie, they launched a letter-writing campaign and
filed a complaint with the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sports and the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences that the gruesome scenes violated an article in Madrid’s Domestic
Animal Protection Law, which states that "the filming for film or television of scenes that
involve cruelty, mistreatment, or suffering requires previous authorization from the relevant
authorities … and that any injuries to the animal
must be simulated."
Almodovar’s production company claimed that it was simply filming a bullfighting training
session. However, photos were taken of Almodovar directing the matador during the filming. The
production company also dismissed the animal protection law as only applying to "pets."
According to the Associated Press, a study found
that 20 percent of bulls are drugged before
they step into
the
ring. Of 200
bulls, "1 in 5 had been given anti-inflammatory drugs, which
mask injuries that could sap the animal’s strength." Former
bullfighters have confessed that bulls are
fed laxatives to debilitate them days before
the fight, have the
muscles cut in
their necks to prevent them from lifting
their heads up all the way, and usually have
petroleum jelly smeared in
their
eyes to
affect their vision.
There is no harm in discussing the violent
bloody "sport" of bullfighting, just as
there is no harm in talking about forest fires, but if you pay someone to make such things happen,
as happened in the filming of the movie, that’s ethically indefensible. More than 40,000
bulls are barbarically slaughtered in rings in Spain each year. Now, the blood is on Almodovar’s
hands for promoting bullfights.
Truly progressive directors in Hollywood,
from Wolfgang Petersen to Robert Redford
to Terry Zwigoff,
now
use blue screen,
animatronics, robotics,
natural footage,
costumes—you name it. Almodovar’s
lack of innovation makes him about as modern
as the Roman Coliseum.
I kindly ask you to have all this cruelty
involved in the making of this gory
movie in consideration
when debating
who deserves
an Oscar.
Cruelty
to animals
shouldn't
be considered
art.
Yours sincerely,
(name and country)
En la nueva película de Pedro Almodóvar,
Hable con Ella, por lo menos seis toros fueron torturados y matados para una escena de toreo.
El
dolor que se ve en la pantalla es real.
En julio de 2001, cuando Amnistía Animal, una
organización española de protección
animal, se enteró del tormento de
estos animales en la película, lanzó una
campaña de cartas y entabló una
queja con el Ministerio de Educación,
Cultura y Deportes y la Academia de las Artes
y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de
España.
En la queja, Amnistía Animal afirma
que las espantosas escenas violan un artículo
de la Ley de Protección de Animales
Domésticos de Madrid, que especifica
que “la
filmación para cine o televisión
de escenas que incluyen crueldad, maltrato
o sufrimiento requieren la previa autorización
de las autoridades relevantes… y que
las lesiones al animal deben ser simuladas”.
La
compañía de producción de
Almodóvar afirmó que, simplemente,
se trataba de la filmación de una sesión de entrenamiento de toreo. Sin embargo,
existen fotos en las que se ve a Almodóvar dirigiendo al matador durante la filmación.
La compañía de producción, además, rechazó la ley de protección
animal por supuestamente aplicarse solamente a “mascotas”.
Según Associated Press, un estudio reveló que el 20 por ciento de los toros son
drogados antes de que entran a la corrida. De 200 toros, “uno de cada cinco habían
recibido drogas antiinflamatorias, las cuales esconden lesiones que podrían quitarle la
energía al animal”. Ex toreros han confesado que a los toros se les administra laxantes
días antes de la corrida para debilitarlos, se les corta los músculos del cuello
para evitar que levanten la cabeza por completo y, con frecuencia, se les unta vaselina en los
ojos para afectar su visión.
No hay daño alguno en discutir el violento “deporte” o “arte” del
toreo, de la misma manera que no es dañino hablar sobre incendios forestales. Pero pagarle
a alguien para que algo así ocurra, como sucedió en la filmación de esta
película, es éticamente indefendible. Cada año, más de 40,000 toros
son bárbaramente matados en los ruedos de España. Ahora, la sangre está en
las manos de Almodóvar.
Directores de Hollywood verdaderamente progresistas,
como Wolfgang Petersen, Robert Redford y Terry Zwigoff, ahora utilizan técnicas digitales, animación electrónica,
robótica, y otras alternativas. La falta de innovación de Almodóvar lo
convierte en algo tan moderno como el Coliseo Romano.
Haz clic aquí <http://stream.realimpact.org/rihurl.ram?file=realimpact/peta/video_general/bullfighting.rm> para
ver con tus propios ojos la crueldad de estos eventos. Verás filmaciones con cámara
oculta de toros matados barbáricamente en una escuela de toreo en España.
Lo que puedes hacer:
-
Por favor, no vayas a ver Hable
Con Ella cuando sea estrenada
en Estados Unidos y otras partes, y pídele
a tus familiares y amigos que hagan lo mismo.
-
Escríbele a Almodóvar
y pídele
que hable en contra de las corridas de toros y se niegue a usar animales
en sus películas
en el futuro.
-
-
-
Solicita algunos volantes de "Evitemos las corridas", DE PETA, y distribúyelos
en la puerta del cine cuando estrenen la película en tu zona.
-
Envía cartas
de protesta a la compañía de producción de Almodóvar y la Academia
de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España:
El Deseo
Francisco Navacerrada 24
28028 Madrid, Spain
Tel.: (011) 34-91-724-8199
Fax: (011) 34-91-724-1351
e-mail: eldeseo@eldeseo.es
GEVHA- Grupo para el Estudio de la Violencia hacia Humanos y Animales.
Educación Humanitaria.
Group for the Study of Violence towards Humans & Animals. Humane Education.
http://www.jobs.ge/gevha
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/violenciaanimales/
"
La conmiseración con los animales está íntimamente ligada con la bondad
de
carácter, de tal suerte que se puede afirmar seguro que quien es cruel
con
los animales, no puede ser buena persona. Una compasión por todos los
seres
vivos es la prueba más firme y segura de la conducta moral"
Arthur Schopenhauer
(filósofo
alemán)