[ SECRET POST #4042 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4042 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[Louisa May Alcott, Eight Cousins]


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03.
[Jojo's Bizarre Adventure]


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04.
[Mickey Rourke (and Kim Basinger even though the secret's not about her)]


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05.
[Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero]


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06.
[Welcome to the Ballroom]


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07.
[Crazy Ex Girlfriend]











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Comments

Re: Movie Club Questions!

[kaijinscendre]

1. The only thing I knew about this movie before watching it was the blurb I read on google.

2. I felt the same before and after the movie. I am vehemently against the death penalty. I don't think the state should be allowed to take the life of its citizens. I think there is too much risk that (more) innocent people will be wrongfully killed. And if none of that changes someone's mind, the death penalty is more expensive than a life sentence.

3. I've never watched a Werner Herzog film before but I really liked his interview style! The people he talked to always seemed relaxed and comfortable. He also doesn't talk down to them like some interviewers I've seen.

4. Jared Talbert was probably the one I remember the most. The first reason was because he reminded me of people back home. The second reason is how Herzog treated him with such respect. Even when he brought up Jared learning to read, it wasn't a negative. He made sure that Jared knew what an accomplishment it was. Fred Allen also really stuck in my brain. I found it fascinating that he did all these executions and then one day (probably due to the executed being female) he just couldn't do it anymore. Not only that, but he is against the death penalty now.

5. Yes. Personally, I find the subject fascinating. I thought the documentary approached the topic as unbiased as they could. They made no judgements about whether the death penalty is good or bad, they just let the subjects talk and the audience decide for themselves.

Re: Movie Club Questions!

[rosehiptea]

I went into the movie opposed to the death penalty and came out of it the same way.

I would definitely recommend this film to other people.

What really struck me about the movie is that Herzog did not choose a case where there was a lot of debate about whether the person was guilty, and he didn't shy away from the fact that he committed a horrible crime. It wasn't about feeling bad for this person or feeling that he was treated unfairly so much as about feeling whether anyone at all deserves the death penalty.

I think the moment that got to me the most was the father talking about how he ended up handcuffed together with his son. Despite what I said above about it not being about sympathy it did give me sympathy for the father, who was someone I did not expect to feel sympathy for.

Re: Movie Club Questions!

[kaijinscendre]

That was a really night touch! Most of these stories you hear about the death penalty are with people who are saying they are innocent. So it is more about "Should this potentially innocent person be put to death?" But this was definitely framed more towards, "Should anyone be put to death?" Great observation! I didn't think of that at all.