'The animals film' has now been released as a DVD (first released 1981). On 30th September, 'The Times' published a review of it called 'Fancy a roast this Sunday? First watch "The animals film" ', written by film director Ken Russell.
'... According to the film-makers Victor Schonfeld and Myriam Alaux, animals are a pathetic biological category that we have learnt to torture and treat to a violent death. First seen by a mass public on Channel 4 during its first week of programming, their famous documentary ... is now released on DVD, 26 years after the ground-breaking event that turned several hundred thousand meat-munching viewers into staunch vegetarians overnight. This is not a cosy film but one of the scariest horror movies - ever ...'
To read the review online, go to
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article4847213.ece