Natural Born Killers (1994)
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Product Details: Natural Born Killers (1994)
- Edition:
- DVD . See other editions
- MPAA Rating:
- R
- Release Date:
- 05/15/2007
- UPC:
- 085391163183
- Directed by:
- Oliver Stone
- Featuring:
- Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr.. See all cast
Synopsis: Natural Born Killers (1994)
Synopis: 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 anomic couple take off on a three-week killing spree across the country, telling everyone who they are so that they get the credit for their crimes. The media are immediately enthralled with the couple, especially Wayne Gale (Robert Downey Jr.), the bloodthirsty host of a tabloid TV show who follows their every move. By the time they're finally arrested, they've become such huge media stars that the cops treat them more like celebrities than criminals. Even the maniacal limelight-hogging warden of the Batongaville State Prison, Dwight McClusky (Tommy Lee Jones), is in awe. Stone pulls out all the stops in the prison riot, as the unwitting Gale becomes an unwilling participant in his own broadcast of the event. Again the director switches from film to video, from color to black and white, from sitcom parody to newsreel parody, and from one film stock to another, hoping to jar the audience out of its complacency with visual hyperbole.Features: Natural Born Killers (1994)
Features: DVD Features:Widescreen
Audio:
Dolby Surround 5.1 English
Dolby Surround Stereo 2.0 French
Stereo 2S English
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User Reviews: Natural Born Killers
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More than meets the close minded eye.
, October 8, 2003Reviewer: corpsefan_casanova2002 - See all corpsefan_casanova2002's reviews -
Natural Born Killers (in my opinion)
, September 17, 2003Reviewer:
gorillaz - See all gorillaz's reviews Honestly I was like many of the negative reviews, in that Natural Born Killers is very incoherent and nonsensical. However, I was watching it on cable/satellite the other day, and decided to search for a meaning. After all nobody makes a film depicting this much realism for no reason. Well in my humble opinion there is more to this movie than maybe at first glance. It doesn't necessarily glorify violence one way in another, but instead serve a point of the preying media conglomerate
. It shows that the only people who glorify the violence are not the two killers, but the people and media who fall in love with the two lead characters. For instance dirty cop who kills the woman, just to feel what it's like to kill somebody. He copycatted the violence that was being shown around him by the duo killers. So it was showing, in my opinion maybe too subtle, a way for some viewers, the hypocrisy of how anybody can be fooled into loving murder. It's something that perhaps is less an issue in our post-9/11 time, but during the mid-90's it the issue was more timely. ...
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Pros: great visuals, story and meaning.
Cons: For the full effect watch the directors cut.
I'd like to start off by saying that NBK is one of the best movie I've seen. I love the interesting use of visuals(for more great visuals see House of 1000 Corpses but that's another story)to relay emotion and hidden symbolism. The story is enthralling as well as the characters and diologue(go Tarantino).
Now to the naysayers that said "Violence, violence, violence!" Well, it is about two mass murderers so yeah it's going to be violent. It's also about the superstar status society holds these people to(Manson anyone?). But for those that failed to look even closer it's a love story. One of the best right there w/ True Romance(Tarantino!) and Bram Stokers Dracula. Underneath it all these two are simply in love. Woody Harrelson said it best in the pre riot scene,"Love beats the demon."
In closing I would like to say before you condemn look closer sometimes. And sometimes don't look so close. It is entertainment after all. ...