Lake Of Fire details
| Format: | Ex DVD |
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| Starring: | Sarah Weddington, Alan M. Dershowitz, Pat Buchanan, Randall Terry, Norma McCorvey, Noam Chomsky, Michael F. Griffin, Flip Benham, Dr. John Britton, John Salvi, Paul Hill, Emily Lyons |
| Director: | Tony Kaye |
| Genre: | Documentary - General |
| Studio: | LACE GROUP / ARTEFACT MEDIA |
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Lake Of Fire |
Ex Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 2 hours 5 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 06 Oct 2008 |
| Main languages: | English |
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WARNING - VERY GRAPHIC FILM
By a customer , 10 Nov 2012[Highly rated reviewer]
WARNING - Extremely graphic scenes. I rarely write reviews, but I felt I had to in this case. This film contains graphic scenes of abortion, aborted fetus' and death. It's gory and pushes limits of what I consider OK in film. I am positive this film shouldn't be rated 'E', as it contains extremes of all natures - footage and views.
Now, I think I should point out that I study Biology, and do not consider myself frightened of death, insides or gore as such. BUT, there is a particular moment where a doctor is sifting through an aborted fetus, to piece together the remains to make sure there is nothing left in the patient, and parts are clearly human remains - a face and hand are clear. This will probably stay with me for life, and I really, sincerely, wish I hadn't seen it.
Don't pay attention to my star rating. I haven't finished watching the film - I watched about an hour. I found it difficult to handle the graphic stuff without some sort of warning - it just dives right in.
I must say, the film that I saw is well balanced, and covers both sides of the debate. But I found myself getting upset by some of the extreme opinions expressed, and for my own sanity, chose not to continue watching. I think I am finally terrified of ever having to visit America.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(3)More about the pro-life extremists, if you watch the entire film.
By a customer , 15 Nov 2012People can get many different interpretations from this documentary. So this too is my interpretation. In the beginning, I thought it was going to be mainly trying to convince the audience of pro-life through religious basis. However, I made myself watch it to the end, through all the graphic images, and I got a different message from this film. I found that it was revealing the danger of being religiously pro-life, where it goes as far the murder of doctors and staff, and the abuse of doctors families by turning up at their funeral's, and the lack of remorse. Whilst demonstrating this, it is also a balanced documentary in that it gives both sides of that argument. A logical person watching this film can make their own minds up accordingly, but I think the film is not so much about the act of abortion, but the people's opinions on pro-life and pro-choice, and the development of those arguments. I was expecting more information about abortions, such as the gestational developments which might convince you one argument or another, or other such information. Whilst digesting all of this information, I think it is important to also remember that these pro-life people are not representative of the general pro-life debate, whilst they may make up a majority. Some people are pro-life, but not for religious basis. That goes for pro-choice people too. You need to watch the entire documentary to get a message from the film, as watching just some of it won’t give you the entire picture. It has some graphic images, and strong opinions which may disturb some viewers.
I gave three and a half stars. I didnt give any higher, as whilst it is a well constructed documentary, the first hour of it is not clear what direction it is going in, and mixed with the graphic images is enough to encourage some people to turn off early.- Was this review helpful to you?
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WARNING - VERY GRAPHIC FILM
By a customer , 10 Nov 2012[Highly rated reviewer]
WARNING - Extremely graphic scenes. I rarely write reviews, but I felt I had to in this case. This film contains graphic scenes of abortion, aborted fetus' and death. It's gory and pushes limits of what I consider OK in film. I am positive this film shouldn't be rated 'E', as it contains extremes of all natures - footage and views.
Now, I think I should point out that I study Biology, and do not consider myself frightened of death, insides or gore as such. BUT, there is a particular moment where a doctor is sifting through an aborted fetus, to piece together the remains to make sure there is nothing left in the patient, and parts are clearly human remains - a face and hand are clear. This will probably stay with me for life, and I really, sincerely, wish I hadn't seen it.
Don't pay attention to my star rating. I haven't finished watching the film - I watched about an hour. I found it difficult to handle the graphic stuff without some sort of warning - it just dives right in.
I must say, the film that I saw is well balanced, and covers both sides of the debate. But I found myself getting upset by some of the extreme opinions expressed, and for my own sanity, chose not to continue watching. I think I am finally terrified of ever having to visit America.- Was this review helpful to you?
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The perfect documentary?
By Jayrleo (2 reviews) from London , 08 Oct 2010I realise that the title of this review might seem hyperbolic, but I am still reeling after watching Tony Kaye's incredibly detailed and balanced documentary on the abortion debate which rages in America to this day.
This is truly a life-and-death issue: men, women and, if certain groups are to be believed, children are being murdered as a pro-lifers and pro-choicers clash in order to protect what both sides believe is a 'sacrosanct right'. The rhetoric used by the religious groups is apocalyptic - the proverbial 'lake of fire' is what awaits the 'damned' who take part in what they label as the 'holocaust' being executed towards America's unborn. However, 'lake of fire' takes on a whole new meaning when applied to an women's-clinic nurse who was caught up in a bomb blast at the surgery where she worked...
This documentary consults intellectuals, doctors, priests, politicians and pulls no punches - there are two abortions shown, and it took my breath away to see a doctor washing the remnants of a procedure to check that all parts had been retrieved.
There are no easy answers to be found here. In fact, there appears to be no answer. Some critics have said this documentary is too long, but this seems ridiculous when the topic is so fraught, so divisive and so complex.
A masterpiece of filmmaking - this work of art truly educates and then steps back to let you decide.- Was this review helpful to you?
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