Oliver Stone's over-the-top satire on America's worshipful fascination with tabloid criminals stars Woody Harrelson as Mickey Knox and Juliette Lewis as girlfriend-wife Mallory Wilson. Commencing with the dual murder of Mallory's sexually abusive father (Rodney Dangerfield) and grossly negligent mother (Edie McClurg), the .. Read more
| Starring | Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr, Tommy Lee Jones |
|---|---|
| Director | Oliver Stone |
| Run time | 114 mins |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
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Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis are serial killers turned into folk heroes by media excesses in this striking movie that was criticised by original story author Quentin Tarantino after it was largely rewritten by director Oliver Stone and others. Ambitious, unrelenting and inventive, Stone's controversial landmark movie excites the intellect while bludgeoning the senses. It blends naturalistic violence with stylised visuals and commandeers every available cinematic trick, plus the TV sitcom format, to put across its searing message. Stone utilises a dazzling range of technique to underscore the media's obsession with violent crime, and delivers one of the most arrestingly provocative additions to the debate since A Clockwork Orange. Love it or hate it, this all-out image assault is a unique if disturbing experience.
An over-the-top assault on an audience's sensibilities, making its points with a heavy hand and a brutally jokey style, utilizing every movie- and video-making style in its deadly assault through a dislocating barrage of images. The message of all this ma
I cant believe the reviews Ive read on this film! Natural Born Killers is a brilliant postmodern assaults on postmoderism itsself.
The camera angles and changes in medium are there for that very reason. Its a violent yet artistic attack on the senses. The narrative isnt supposed to be believable, its a hightened super reallity where the media is god and nothing is real.
This is also reflected outside the narrative by cutting disturbing scenes with the 'polarbear coco cola' advert. Its telling us a lot more about ourselves and how we view violence in the media than you might first realise.
Open your eyes and watch it again, if not then stick to the hollywood melodramas.
Oh how the Daily Mail drubbed this film, declaring it unfit to be shown publicly cos of the content. Just made me want to see it. Wish I'd taken more notice.
Woody from Cheers and Juliette Lewis, (Cape fear) team up and become tearaways, they're really fierce and violent and swear lots. Everything appears brighter and larger than life and as if Oliver Stone wishes to emulate Quentin Tarantino. Apparently QT had a hand in writing some of the script but was so unhappy with the way it took shape had his credit removed. Who can blame him?
Don't bother with this, if you've already made the mistake of seeing it, rent Pulp Fiction and imagine how this COULD have looked.
'I'm not naïve, I'm superficial,' Woody Harrelson declares in Paul Schrader's new film, The Walker. Some people would suggest the actor has it the wrong way round. After all, he first planted himself in the public eye playing the dumbest jock on television in eight seasons of the sitcom Cheers. I've met Harrelson twice. The first time he was promoting Natural Born Killers, and I was impressed with how honestly he discussed his own anger issues. He talked about Jung and the need to explore your Read more