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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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7 February 2002 - 12:01 am
Damn Roger Ebert. At his suggestion, I rented Bully tonight. Bully is a very disturbing film from Larry Clark about a group of kids who kill their friend/tormenter. Larry Clark is the guy who directed Kids a few years ago, so I should have expected something strange, and I knew the plot, but the movie just floored me. I'll give Larry Clark credit for making a movie that definitely engages you. It's hard to watch it without having some kind of response. But the most disturbing aspects of the movie are these: 1) it's based on a true story, 2) all the kids were amazingly, exceptionally dumb, 3) the only kids who ended up showing any signs of intelligence still weren't smart enough to stop the killing.
The killing scene was very graphic, but the most disturbing thing in the movie was the lifestyle these kids led. Drugs, alcohol, and promiscuous sex were bascially the main aspects of these kids lives, but that description seems too tame for them.
I found myself wanting to walk away from the film a couple times, just because it was so disturbing, but I couldn't. I had to see what was going to happen next. I think I'd recommend the film, but with some caveats. This isn't the kind of movie you bring home and watch with the kids. It has tons of nudity, a graphical depiction of death, and the general tone of the movie is just very, very disturbing.
Posted by on 7 February 2002 at 12:01 AM
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