Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by JefferyK (A) on February 23, 2005 at 16:01:37

In Reply to: Re: vicious? You mean it was made to offend you? Swank knew about you posted by jamesgarvin on February 23, 2005 at 11:07:26:

Victor didn't like the movie because it portrayed Brandon Teena as a victim. If, for example, it had treated her rapists and killers as heroes, he wouldn't have had any problem with it. Then it would have been an "honest" and "brave" film.

The violence in the film is extra gruesome for a reason. The filmmaker wanted to make the brutality of what was done to Brandon Teena crystal clear. And that's because the filmmaker wanted to make sure than no one left the theater believing that Brandon Teena asked for it. Which is what Teena's peers, local lawmakers and local press seemed to think.

Jeffery