Important-URGENT

Toronto Film Festival Lacking Integrity and NormalitySomething that needs to be said by Jolene…please read ahead.
Casuistry: The Art of Killing a Cat directed by Zev Asher is one of the films chosen to premiere at the Toronto Film Festival Sept. 14. This documentary style film features the three Canadians, Jesse Power, Anthony Wennekers and Matt Kaczorowski, all 20-ish, who, on one Friday night in 2001, made a snuff film about killing a cat.
For 17 minutes, they tormented, tortured, and oh, so, slowly, killed a gentle, striped female cat in a Kensington house. The unlucky pet was later found skinned in a beer fridge.
The snuff film the men made shows that the cat was still alive while she was being skinned and her agony didn’t end until she was finally beheaded. Prior to the skinning the cat’s head was placed in a noose to keep her still while the three men stabbed her in the neck and body while she moaned.
Jesse Power, Anthony Wennekers, and Matt Kaczorowski committed the worst acts of cruelty to an animal in Canadian history, yet got only a slap on the wrist because of Canada's inadequate anti-cruelty legislation.
And now they're starring in a movie at the Toronto Film Festival!
According to an article from the Toronto Sun Times, featured in the August 28, 2004 issue, http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/TorontoSun/News/2004/08/28/605840.html , the film’s subject matter is exactly as stated and features interviews with the three monstrous young people who show no remorse.
The article, written by Mike Strobel of the Toronto Sun Times, says that the gist of the film Casuistry stars Jesse Powers, the leader of this grotesque act, proclaiming that the snuff film and what they did to this cat is “art.”
To set the mood of Casuistry, the film opens with scenes from a 1980 "performance art" flick, in which two cats are disemboweled and worn as hats.
[Jesse Powers] speaks first in shadow, then, as he warms to the topic, in full view. His bangs dangle sexily. His eyes toy with the camera. "Man, am I charismatic," they say. "And misunderstood."
Please Do What You Can So This Film Will Not Be Featured at The Festival.
If you find the film and it's airing as objectionable as I do, I URGE you to do what you can! Not only does the airing glorify what has happen, it will only encourage others to do similar, if not worse acts in the future….my instincts tell me that killing a cat won’t be shocking enough for next year’s festival.
So here’s what you can do…
Go to the film festival’s website, http://www.e.bell.ca/filmfest/2004/contactus/default.asp and email them your disgust and concern for them running this film.
Hey I am all about freedom of speech but this is not art, this just glorifies psychotic cruelty and a lack of compassion. These men work for the devil and within in time will be raping woman and killing babies, if they haven’t already… hmmm maybe that's the film they are working on for next year’s festival.You can also visit: http://www.freeanimals.org/ a Toronto based animal rights group that is planning a protest.And finally another thing you can do to protest the airing of The Art of Killing a Cat, email the sponsors of the Festival, listed below: Bell Mobility www.bellmobility.com
CIBC www.cibc.com
DGC-ONTARIO www.dgc.ca
Echo Advertising + Marketing Inc.
Federal Express Canada Ltd www.fedex.com
IFC - The Independent Film Channel www.ifctv.ca
Jackson-Triggs Vintners www.jacksontriggswinery.com
Premiere Magazine www.premiere.com
Sony of Canada Ltd. www.sony.ca
Starbucks Coffee Canada www.starbucks.com
Tanqueray Premium Imported Gin www.tanqueray.com
Toronto Film School www.iaod.com
Zip.ca www.zip.com Thank you so much for your time! I sincerely appreciate it!Let’s protect God’s creatures.
Jolene