Cannibal Holocaust Page #4

So I decided to try an experiment in psychology.

to strip myself completely

Clothes, weapons, dog tags, rings,

everything to become like them...

Naked and unfettered as Adam.

The Tree People would not let us

bury the ghastly remains.

they had painted ochre

To drive away the evil spirits

which the dead represented.

Once again I ask myself

What unspeakable crimes could have called

for such atrocious retribution.

I know our lives are hanging by a thread.

But I can't turn back without

at least trying to recover

the footage Alan Yates and the others

paid for with their lives.

I'm thinking of the enormous human

and scientific interest it's going to contain.

I must do something.

Chaco and Miguel can't possibly understand this.

Yet, I must somehow gain

the confidence of these savages.

After all, they too have rules of conduct.

Hold it.

You did it, God damn it!

They just invited us to dinner.

By some incredible act of God

they hadn't tried to open it.

I'm hoping the climate hadn't damaged it too much.

And so in exchange for the tape recorder...

The Cannibal chief let you

take away the cans of film. Is that it?

Yes, they thought since I was capable of capturing

human voice I was also capable of capturing their spirit.

This convinced them that I was the only one

capable of breaking the evil spell

That had been cast over the Tribe...

by the murder of the whites...

Of course, they had no inkling

of what was really in those cans.

How could you explain what a movie is?

They just felt they were a threat.

Why do you say threat?

Well the Yanomamo's understood how important

these film cans were to Alan Yates' crew

They thought these silver boxes contain power

The power which I must say again...

Caused much damage and violence.

A fantastic story.

Thank you, Professor Monroe.

You're very welcome.

As we conclude this special interview

we would like to remind you Wednesday at 9pm

here on Pantheon,

we'll be presenting part 1 of The Green Inferno.

The dramatic film testimony,

of an extraordinary adventure...

that took its protagonists

all the way back to the stone age.

And you would be the ideal

host of the program?

That's right.

Professor Monroe,

as an eye witness as well as a scientist,

you would be the most...

Yes... but before I make any decisions

I'd like to review all the film material.

As of yet we've seen none of it.

Professor Monroe, I can assure you...

that they knew exactly what they want.

That maybe...

But meanwhile they're all dead, aren't they?

Which is exactly why we have

to let the public know the truth.

We'll let the people be the judge.

Better yet, we'll let the people

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