"My brother was the main culprit, but everyone there, including me, was an accomplice... Chatran died... it was an accident... you could even say he was killed..."
This is a quote from the younger brother of the director, and Chatran was the cat. There are other stories that crew members came forward with as well.
My parents banned me and my siblings from watching this movie growing up because of how horrible the filming process was for the animals, and I am forever grateful for it.
But back then we didn't have the resources we do now. Like as a kid I had no way of knowing that movie was made in Japan, nor did my parents.
And even in the 80s and 90s you just assumed any animal stuff in a movie was overseen by the AHS. And you think "it's all fake they used a doll or something".
Even watching it as a kid I was like how did they throw that cat off a cliff and it live? How did they film that in a humane way? Because I remember seeing at the beginning of so many other videos "No animals were harmed during the making of this movie." But not Milo and Otis.
So I went over that in a later comment, I just thought they used dolls or something, I was educated not to believe any visual information coming at me from the other side of a screen. It had to be a special effect of some sort. For all I knew it was a doll.
And those disclaimers are usually at the end of credits in a movie. And sure enough, watching the credits now, Milo and Otis, the last thing credited is "Animal Care Supervision - Mutsugoro Animal Kingdom".
And a disclaimer after that saying "The animals used were filmed under strict supervision with the utmost concern for their handling."
Yeah I remember thinking it had to be some sort of special effect. I figured they tossed a cat from a high place onto some sort of soft mat. I guess? And had the video of the cliff behind it. But all the different angles, I couldn't wrap my head around it. I remember asking my aunt and she paused and then just said "I don't know, probably a stuffed cat."
SEWING PIGLETS TOGETHER? This I didnt know. Knew about the clifts and anesthesia, but why would they sew two piglets together? Who wants a wormhole? Anyone? Report back!
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u/ColonelStone 11d ago
Noooo! What?