Like much of popular culture, many movies are preoccupied with the conflict between right and wrong aka good and evil. The audience sides with the heroic protagonist (who stands for what's right against evil and adversity) safe in the knowledge that good (that's us) will triumph before the credits roll.
Films with 'animal rights' themes turn this cinematic convention on its head as the villainous shape of evil which harries our hirsute hero-folk is revealed to be ourselves. For some viewers this is a bitter pill to swallow (sugar-coating is almost mandatory) and thus a hard sell to investors, resulting in precious few films on the subject.
All praise then to Alice's vast and mighty catalogue from which this humble offering has been gleaned! Food for thought from Alice's cruelty-free restaurant! Bon appetit!
Pictured: Sales of bacon and pork dropped dramatically after the release of family classic 'Babe' (1995).
Animals: Friend or Food?(2005)(Ex) Directed by:Jason Young.
Starring: For most of man's time on earth, we killed what we ate. With the rise of cities, we left the butcher...
Babe(1995)(G) Directed by:Chris Noonan.
Starring:Magda Szubanski,
James Cromwell.
An orphaned piglet named Babe is won by a farmer at a fair and is taken home to a barnyard where the...
Bambi(1942)(G) Directed by:David Hand.
Starring: Bambi,
Thumper.
The Disney crew worked for four years to animate Felix Salten's woodland tale, resulting in some of ...
Charlotte's Web(1972)(G) Directed by:Charles Nichols,
Iwao Takamoto.
Starring: One of the enduring children's films, this is a story of friendship and salvation, with Charlotte th...
Dr Seuss: The Lorax(1972)(G) Directed by:Hawley Pratt,
Gerard Baldwin.
Starring: A double dose of Dr. Seuss! The award-winning tale of "The Lorax" (1972) tells the story of the gree...
Fantastic Planet(1973)(M) Directed by:Rene Laloux.
Starring: Oms,
Draags.
A winner of the Cannes Film Festival 1973, 'Fantastic Planet' is a full length animated fantasy set ...
Like much of popular culture, many movies are preoccupied with the conflict between right and wrong aka good and evil. The audience sides with the heroic protagonist (who stands for what's right against evil and adversity) safe in the knowledge that good (that's us) will triumph before the credits roll.
