Killer of Sheep Hard to Watch?

It has been said that Killer of Sheep is difficult to watch. I watched this film with that in mind and for a good chunk of it, I had no idea what they were talking about. There wasn't anything difficult about this film. Then we follow the main character, Stan, to his job.

If the film is new to you, Stan works at a slaughter house. While they prepare for the slaughter, I started to get a bad feeling in my stomach. After this scene, I realized why people thought it was difficult. This film shows actual slaughter of sheep.

Even the idea of slaughtering animals makes my skin crawl. For how desensitized I am to horror and gore, anything that has to do with animals makes me almost sick to my stomach. The music is blues and as disgusting as this scene is, the music makes it almost harder. The juxtaposition of the music and the scenes leave it very misleading.

Aside from the graphic slaughterhouse scenes, the film shows how some people grew up in the time and since it was so different from other people of that time, I can see why people would think it was difficult. The children would play in the streets, throwing rocks at each other as a game. Seeing the struggle of the people in this film could really disturb some people, but the part that made this film hard for me to watch, was the slaughter house.

All in all, I can see how this can be hard for people to watch, but the basis of the story didn't bother me any.