"I'm having a friend for dinner."
Posted on 01/10/2006 8:11:01 AM PST by Millee
A German cannibal is taking legal action to stop the release of the horror film "Butterfly: A Grimm Love Story," which he claims is based on his life.
Keri Russell ("Felicity") stars as a graduate student researching imprisoned cannibal Simon Grobeck (Thomas Kretschmann). Russell is drawn into Grobeck's world and becomes obsessed with the Internet cannibal community. "Butterfly" is scheduled for a March 9 release in Germany.
But not if Armin Meiwes, who was sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison for eating a man he met over the Internet, has his way. In a statement Monday, Meiwes's lawyer, Harald Ermel, said the film is a "slavish re-enactment" of the real-life events and his client did not give permission to producer Atlantic Streamline to fictionalize his story.
"I feel used," said Meiwes, who filmed the killing and confessed to the crime but denied it was murder since his victim volunteered to be eaten.
Berlin-based distributor Senator Film said it had no plans to pull "Butterfly," which was directed by Martin Weisz.
Meiwes goes before court again Thursday in the second stage of his trial. He faces life imprisonment. His lawyer said Meiwes wanted to prevent "Butterfly" from depicting a "false and stigmatized" version of cannibalism that could adversely affect the trial's outcome.
Meiwes also is suing German rock band Rammstein, claiming its song "Mein Teil" (My Piece) refers to his case.
Meiwes has given Hamburg production company Stampfwerk the rights to his story. Stampfwerk is producing a 90-minute documentary on Meiwes and his trial.
A nice Chianti ping...
He's not suppsoed to eat the celluloid. Dummmmyass.
Ah, another "feel good" movie...
Ah, another "feel good" movie...
First prediction: This thread is going to get pulled. Even I am biting my tongue... .
Having said that, Meiwes says, "I feel used. What about the man he ate? Was it a good use of pork or chicken?
That does it,
I'm going vegetarian for lunch today...
The irony! He feels used?
He friggin' killed someone and ate him! How do you think that made him feel?
Used, perhaps?
DD
I hope this thread does get pulled. Before the nutjob comes after FR!
Yeah, it would totally suck if he ate FreeRepublic!
We could send him other places... he can eat them!
"...Internet cannibal community"?
This world is sicker than I thought!
I think he meant the cannibal was a nutjob, not you...sweetie!
I know what you mean, but how bout we just send him to the DNC?
The suspect, identified as Armin Meiwes, 41, recorded the crime on a video camera after finding the apparently willing victim through a posting on an Internet site known for gay sex ads, the state prosecutor's office in the central German city of Kassel said in a statement.
"The accused supposedly first cut off the penis of the victim by mutual agreement because they wanted to eat it together,'' said the statement.
Afterward the man stabbed his 42-year-old victim, identified as Bernd Juergen B., to death and dismembered the body. He reportedly froze some of the body parts to eat later, and he buried others. Police believe the murder occurred in spring 2000. They arrested the suspected killer after discovering an ad he had posted on the Internet seeking another volunteer who wanted to be killed and eaten by him.
Mein Teil. You are what you eat.
That's a coincidence,Mil. Last night some friends were over and we downed a bottle of Bolla Chianti.
No farva beans or government-worker organs though.
Maybe next week.
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