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Kevin Bacon's new film "The Woodsman".
He plays a peadophile.
Now that's one of the few taboo subjects left, and personally I'm not sure if it should be considered entertainment - but the reviews I've been reading suggest it's an extremely delicate, intelligent handling of potentially hideous subject matter.
Trailer goes to great lengths to avoid actually saying outright what he is, you can imagine audiences kneejerking themselves into a frenzy.
And I'm waiting to see what The Daily Mail's reaction is going to be towards this.
[URL]http://www.apple.com/trailers/newmarket/the_woodsman.html[/URL]
He plays a peadophile.
Now that's one of the few taboo subjects left, and personally I'm not sure if it should be considered entertainment - but the reviews I've been reading suggest it's an extremely delicate, intelligent handling of potentially hideous subject matter.
Trailer goes to great lengths to avoid actually saying outright what he is, you can imagine audiences kneejerking themselves into a frenzy.
And I'm waiting to see what The Daily Mail's reaction is going to be towards this.
[URL]http://www.apple.com/trailers/newmarket/the_woodsman.html[/URL]
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Watched it last night.
Drama for grown ups.
Not sure how to feel about it, but sterling performances all round. Bacon is an increasingly underrated actor, and Kyra Sedgwick is excellent too.
The park sequence alone should get Bacon a meaningless tricket oscar, as he struggles to come to tearms with his nature.
Drama for grown ups.
Not sure how to feel about it, but sterling performances all round. Bacon is an increasingly underrated actor, and Kyra Sedgwick is excellent too.
The park sequence alone should get Bacon a meaningless tricket oscar, as he struggles to come to tearms with his nature.
Blank wrote:
> And you know what they say about actors sometimes taking on their
> roles in real life. He wants locking up now, it's only a matter of
> time.
I wonder if he prescribes to the method school of acting? ;)
> And you know what they say about actors sometimes taking on their
> roles in real life. He wants locking up now, it's only a matter of
> time.
I wonder if he prescribes to the method school of acting? ;)
And you know what they say about actors sometimes taking on their roles in real life. He wants locking up now, it's only a matter of time.
Meka Dragon wrote:
> Not the first time Kev's played a kiddie-fiddler either, didn't he
> touch up the kids in Sleepers?
And a rapist in Hollow Man. ;)
> Not the first time Kev's played a kiddie-fiddler either, didn't he
> touch up the kids in Sleepers?
And a rapist in Hollow Man. ;)
Not the first time Kev's played a kiddie-fiddler either, didn't he touch up the kids in Sleepers?
Should be an interesting film, and it's by no means the first time the subject has been approached in a non shouty manner.
Mediawatch UK (Mary Whitehouse's "legacy") have already called for it to be banned...
Mediawatch UK (Mary Whitehouse's "legacy") have already called for it to be banned...
is peadophilia an illness? i think it should be recognised as one, maybe after this film people will sympothise for them and allow for mental health treatement, rarther than an outcry for a public be-heading.
'If they show paedophiles on screen, kids will become them in later life!!!!!!1111111111'
I read in a paper about it already, not sure if it was the Mail or the Telegraph.
Sounds intresting.
Doubt I'll be jumping up and down to see it at the cinema but I'll probably watch it on video, just to see how they approach the story mainly.
Doubt I'll be jumping up and down to see it at the cinema but I'll probably watch it on video, just to see how they approach the story mainly.
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