In continuo

In continuo

In continuo

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In continuo

1971

0h 11m

6.8(4 votes)

Documentary

Overview

"In continuo" uses slaughterhouse imagery to present the warlike nature of man, first depicting the cleaning and mechanical preparations for the slaughterhouse and then the killing, however, the animal slaughter itself isn’t shown.

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