Comments on: As the wind blows, we see the anus of a chicken.

As the wind blows, we see the anus of a chicken.

PenDevil — Mon, 19 Jan 2004 04:44:23 -0800

Hollywood? Old. Bollywood? That's soooo 2003. Make room for Nollywood, Nigeria's own film industry which is growing by leaps and bounds every year, and is currently worth about $45 million dollars. About 400 Nollywood films are produced every year many on a budget of around $15000 and are distributed almost entirely by VHS and VCD. The stories are very much simplistic and pulpy (check out 419 Stalk Exchange. Yes, 419 as in the email scam) but are much preferred by local residents and emigre's than the usual arthouse fair one often thinks of when talking about African cinema. Now if you'll excuse me there's a bucket of popcorn and a copy of GSM Connection waiting for me in the living room.

By: misteraitch

misteraitch — Mon, 19 Jan 2004 04:57:07 -0800

I love the blurb for GSM Connection at the africamovies site: As the wind blows, we see the anus of a chicken. They look innocent, suave and debonnaire, but they are the most dangerous men of the underworld...

By: hairyeyeball

hairyeyeball — Mon, 19 Jan 2004 05:28:48 -0800

The Washington Post ran a similar story in November. Titles can be browsed at New York-based AfricanMovies.com.

By: misteraitch

misteraitch — Mon, 19 Jan 2004 06:44:46 -0800

Oops, I didn't see you'd already used the chicken blurb in the thread title, PenDevil. Hope the anus didn't put you off your popcorn!

By: muckster

muckster — Mon, 19 Jan 2004 07:51:43 -0800

Fascinating, thanks.

By: dgaicun

dgaicun — Mon, 19 Jan 2004 08:09:03 -0800

chickens don't have anuses.

By: dgaicun

dgaicun — Mon, 19 Jan 2004 08:13:35 -0800

. . . I'm just sayin'.

By: xmutex

xmutex — Mon, 19 Jan 2004 08:29:56 -0800

dgaicum: for real?

By: asok

asok — Mon, 19 Jan 2004 08:53:06 -0800

I want to see some african cinema which has non-linear story telling. Maybe I should AxMe... This chicken has an anus!

By: dgaicun

dgaicun — Mon, 19 Jan 2004 10:42:42 -0800

Chefs make poor anatomists. That BBC link is incorrect:

Digestion in fowl (chickens, turkeys, ducks, etc.) . . . fowl do not have an anus. They possess an opening called the vent. Just prior to the vent is the cloaca. It is here at the cloaca that the digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems meet. Uric acid is mixed with feces and passed out of the vent. Eggs from the reproductive system also pass through the vent.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Mon, 19 Jan 2004 16:55:39 -0800

Eggs from the reproductive system also pass through the vent. That's why my pal Mike won't eat eggs -- can't even stand the smell. He had to go get them from the henhouse when he was a kid, and he says "If you saw what they're like when they come out of the hen, you wouldn't eat 'em either." I want to see some african cinema which has non-linear story telling. I recommend Yeelen in the strongest possible terms. (It opens with a chicken being burned at the stake, but if you've made it this far in the thread, I think you can take that.) It's set in the world of Malian mythology, and has something to do with a young Mande man trying to escape his father's wrath with the help of magic and his Fulani wife, but plot isn't exactly the selling point. Gorgeous images, inexplicable but mesmerizing sequences. Rent it.

By: Vidiot

Vidiot — Mon, 19 Jan 2004 17:14:21 -0800

somewhat off-topic: has anyone seen a West African film which was the story of Exodus, set in Africa? It was amazing, but I can't for the life of me remember the title. (No luck in a previous AskMe thread, alas.)

By: plep

plep — Tue, 20 Jan 2004 00:09:28 -0800

Interesting article, thanks. Somewhat off-topic again :- Kirikou and the Sorceress is a wonderful animation.

By: asok

asok — Tue, 20 Jan 2004 03:19:10 -0800

Thanks languagehat and plep, I will check them out. dgaicun - I stand corrected. I suppose there's no chance of me winning an oscar with my 7-assed chicken this year. Back to the drawing board.