>>213336640The film's central message is a condemnation of senseless violence and cruelty - specifically the Nazi brutalization of innocent civilians during WWII. Yet the filmmakers themselves engaged in senseless violence and cruelty by killing animals for their artistic vision. This creates a profound moral contradiction that goes to the heart of what the film claims to represent.
Loss of moral authority: How can a film serve as a powerful indictment of violence when it was created through violence? The filmmakers demonstrated the same callous disregard for innocent life that they're supposedly condemning. This hypocrisy severely weakens the film's anti-war message.
Ethical inconsistency: The film asks us to be horrified by the suffering of human victims while treating animal victims as expendable props. This selective empathy reveals a troubling moral blindness that calls into question the depth of the filmmakers' ethical understanding.
Exploitation masked as art: Regardless of artistic intent, killing animals for entertainment purposes is exploitation. The film's serious subject matter and artistic acclaim don't change this fundamental fact - they may actually make it worse by providing cover for inexcusable behavior.
The widespread critical praise for "Come and See" without adequate acknowledgment of these ethical violations suggests that the film world has been willing to overlook serious moral failings when they serve perceived artistic greatness. But true artistic greatness shouldn't require actual cruelty in its creation.
The animal killings don't just raise questions about the production - they fundamentally compromise what the film is trying to say about human dignity and the value of innocent life.