"Road" shuns cgi for authenticity

Director Hillcoat shot The Road at 51 real-world locations to give the R-rated film, which opens Wednesday, an extra dose of authenticity.

“For all the spectacle of CGI,” he said, “there’s something alien and unreal about that domain, like a videogame. It’s enjoyable for that fantasy aspect, but the book felt so much more real.”
Hillcoat and his team spent several months in preproduction matching scenes from the book to locations in states including Pennsylvania, Oregon and Louisiana.
“We referenced all these man-made and natural disasters, then went all around looking for that stuff — it’s all out there,” Hillcoat said.

Really?

Man, I am a fan of strange cinema. I loved Eraserhead and the Audition. But this. A mad sciencetist (is there any other kind?) Well I let you read the synopsis.

Two pretty American girls are on a road trip through Europe. In Germany they end up alone at night with a broken car in the woods. They search for help and find an isolated villa. The next day they awake to find themselves trapped in his terrifying makeshift basement hospital along with a Japanese man. An older German man identifies himself as a retired surgeon specialized in separating Siamese twins. However his three "patients" are not about to be separated, but joined together in a horrific operation. He plans to be the first person to connect people via their gastric system, in doing so bringing to life his sick lifetime fantasy "the human centipede".
Check out the stills. If you are feeling brave...