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The sad thing is that there are people out there who would give these answers seriously. I think that the experience of encountering some of these folks in psychiatric hospitals and prisons has changed the way I look at this. Somehow it doesn't quite seem as funny when it is sitting in a cell in front of you
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Nutters can cite anything they choose as an influence - or blame - for their actions, be it violent films, porn or fast food.
The debate will run and run, but of course the tiny minority of criminals who might get off on
Guinea Pig should never ever be allowed to ruin it for the rest of us.
That is: freedom of expression, with no requirement to explain why one might actively seek out the depiction of a woman being cut to pieces. The director's style of the piece is challenging to many, since it offers no explanation, redemption or inner purpose. But needing these things is an ideology, and some like to view art that goes against the grain.
I think I've suggested it before, but if you watch the
Making of Guinea Pig the experience will seem far less intense, and coupled with the ridiculous over the top sound effects (common in Japanese extreme cinema) only the very young and naive (and insane?) could possibly take anything about it seriously.