Quote Originally Posted by csr

I read somewhere else that the difference that sets snuff apart is that films like "Faces of Death" merely chronicle death on film, whereas snuff choreographs death on film.

I would think a public execution was being performed for reasons other than to excite the viewer sexually, which is really what snuff porn is all about isn't it?
What an excellent way of putting it.

i never considered executions to be 'snuff movies'; in them, without wishing to sound glib. someone is snuffed but they are not snuff movies, the specific intent of them is not to excite or titilate. Having said that, one kinda has to wonder who makes up the viewing figures for such VT's...but still, they wern't made with the same motivation (sexual excitement and making money).

sl