by reason of insanity is a two-part 2015 bbc documentary by louis theroux .

it focuses on the lives of mental patients at two of ohio 's state psychiatric hospitals twin valley behavioral healthcare and summit behavioral healthcare who have been sent there after committing crimes but having been acquitted by reason of insanity .

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louis investigates ohio ' s state psychiatric hospitals , meeting patients who have committed crimes but have been found not guilty by reason of insanity .
if you are a fan ( and i use the term loosely ) of serial killers such as edmund kemper the you will love by reason of insanity .
every year in the us , courts find people not guilty by reason of insanity . treating and evaluating them is a painstaking business , writes louis theroux .
by reason of insanity : part 1 , presented by louis theroux , will be broadcast on 22 march on bbc two at 21 : 00 gmt . you can catch up via the bbc iplayer
by reason of insanity : part 1 will be broadcast on 22 march on bbc two at 21 : 00 gmt . you can catch up via the bbc iplayer
then he told me his story - how he had killed his father , stabbing him to death seven years earlier while in the grip of mental illness , before being found ngri , not guilty by reason of insanity , and sent to summit .
by reason of insanity by randy singer catherine o’rourke appears to have it all together . a successful career in newspaper journalism . a beautiful face , plenty of confidence , lots of friends , and a family who loves her . but then she covers the murder trial of annie newberg , who confesses to taking the life of her abusive husband . annie’s case is unique in that her powerful attorney is also her brother . quinn newberg fights to get annie off on an insanity plea . when that case is unexpectedly declare
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louis theroux : by reason of insanity ( sunday , bbc2 ) concluded with an attempt to chart the almost infinitely subtle gradations between sanity and insanity , trying to pinpoint the moment when criminal actions shade into clinical symptoms . on these impossible judgments rest such things as competence to stand trial – meaning the difference between a punitive , finite prison term and a rehabilitative but potentially lifetime stay in hospital .
a dark and compelling portrait of a pychopath . thomas bishop , who kills his own mother , and escapes from the institute he is placed in and goes on a killing spree , that has the police , the mob and the press all after him . first published and read 30 years ago , by reason of insanity is still a classic serial killer thriller .
louis theroux looked properly spooked early in by reason of insanity as he talked to jonathan , a schizophrenic who had slit his father ' s throat in a paranoid rage . that was seven years ago . now , interred at a high security psychiatric hospital in cincinnati , jonathan was chillingly calm , with waxwork features and a smile so devoid of empathy it caused your soul to sprout icicles .
brian presented a dilemma for the hospital . they viewed some of his beliefs as a kind of psychosis - and yet they were also part of a worldview shared by millions of mentally healthy people .
attorney randy singer brings us a legal thriller with in the genre of grisham and patterson . dramatic courtroom scenes and twists pull the reader from one page to the next . there is always a thread of doubt cast on the main characters , leaving us asking who is guilty ? who is telling the truth ? who is not who we think ? even though there are a few hanging unsolved details , if you like fast - paced courtroom drama for a joy - read , you will like by reason of insanity by randy singer . however , some of t
however , the act is wearing a little thin ( the reason perhaps why he now does all his work in america ) and his recent subjects have been so weighty that even a man as perceptive as theroux struggles to scratch the surface of them . here , as with his recent shows on paedophiles and children with severe autism , it occasionally becomes an episode of
intelligent , sensitive man feels a bit sad about difficult things
. while you’re left with admiration for those who treat and care for the mentally ill , by reason of insanity ended with a bit of a resigned shrug . what can be done ?
if you are a fan ( and i use the term loosely ) of serial killers such as edmund kemper the you will love by reason of insanity . the story of mass insane killer thomas bishop and the fixation of a young hungry reporter adam kenton to find bishop and bring him to justice . this is a brutal and at times graphic story travelling deep into the mind of a mass murderer as he conducts his war against the world in his attempt to explain and show his hatred of women as he butchers his way across america . if
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attorney / novelist randy singer brings readers an interesting twist on the legal thriller genre with his latest release , by reason of insanity . trial lawyer quinn newberg is becoming famous as he presides over the defense of a woman who is charged with the murder of her husband . meanwhile , catherine o ' rourke , a virginia beach reporter covering the trial for her employer , begins having strange visions that make no sense to her . then she discovers that her visions are the exact details of a series o
you can throw all the labels you like at it – delusional , borderline personality disorder , anti - social behaviour – but some people are just like that . in the second part o f louis theroux’s by reason of insanity the affable englishman meets the patients of ohio’s state psychiatry hospitals whose personalities were so enmeshed with their illnesses that it made them near impossible to diagnose , let alone treat . where does the personality end and the illness begin ?
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yes , god can use visions in this modern world . randy singer ' s lawyers work together on an unusual insanity case . be prepared for a surprise ending .
“by reason of insanity” must be a popular book title for other writers , as it took us a bit to locate author shane stevens’ volume after a reader friend’s recommendation . published in 1979 , the novel is a tough read , featuring frequent scenes of brutal violence and explicit sex . sara bishop has developed severe hatred and rage against all men , including her own son nearly from birth . after literally being tortured his whole life , ten - year - old thomas tosses mom into a wood stove and burns her to d
by reason of insanity ( brought forward to help fill the top gear - shaped void in the bbc schedule ) made for a raw , unflinching piece of television as theroux wrestled with the question of when , if ever , unstable individuals with a dangerous past should be released to the outside world . a relentless beanpole , he appeared to hover perpetually on the shoulders of his subjects , polite in his intrusiveness yet determined to wedge a foot in the door nonetheless . but he resisted crowbarring in his own opinions or perspectives . there were no neat conclusions , much less anything approaching a happy ending .
aka j . w . rider shane stevens is an american author of crime novels . he was born in new york , new york to john and caroline ( royale ) stevens . his novels include go down dead ( 1966 ) , way uptown in another world ( 1971 ) , dead city ( 1973 ) , rat pack ( 1974 ) , by reason of insanity ( 1979 ) , and the anvil chorus ( 1985 ) . stephen king has claimed to being a huge fan , and gave tribute to him in his book
the dar
if you are a fan ( and i use the term loosely ) of serial killers such as edmund kemper the you will love by reason of insanity . the story of mass insane killer thomas bishop and the fixation of a young hungry reporter adam kenton to find bishop and bring him to justice . this is a brutal and at times graphic story travelling deep into the mind of a mass murderer as he conducts his war against the world in his attempt to explain and show his hatred of women as he butchers his way across america . if i was to level one small criticism i would question the constant introduction of new characters ( some remaining for a very short time ) which tends to make the storyline a little over complicated causing the reader to have to refresh his memory on occasions . for a big novel the storyline moves at a frantic pace and makes for a fantastic read with a little unexpected and well thought out
sting in the tail
on the very last page . . . . . i actually rated the book 4 . 5 stars and have bumped up to 5 stars simply because by reason of insanity was first published in 1978 and still has the power to shock and frighten many years later . some will say this is the book by which all other serial killer novels should be compared and judged and they are not wrong !
he showed me his room - it was bare but not uncomfortable , decorated and furnished in the style of a modern hospital . he had fitness magazines by the bed and a small selection of books .
aka j . w . rider shane stevens is an american author of crime novels . he was born in new york , new york to john and caroline ( royale ) stevens . his novels include go down dead ( 1966 ) , way uptown in another world ( 1971 ) , dead city ( 1973 ) , rat pack ( 1974 ) , by reason of insanity ( 1979 ) , and the anvil chorus ( 1985 ) . stephen king has claimed to being a huge fan , and gave tribute to him in his book
the dark half
, which features violent crime novels starring a character named ' alexis machine , ' a reference to a character of the same name from the novel
dead city .
this was my first book by randy singer . i ' ve never even heard of him & stumbled onto this book by chance at the library . the pacing of the book was really good & it kept my interest , but the supernatural aspect was a little much / unbelievable for me . not sure if all of his books are like that , but i ' d be willing to give another one a try to see .
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on the day of the offence , he stopped by his father ' s house , took a knife from the kitchen and used it to kill his father . newspaper reports described stab wounds to jonathan ' s father ' s eyes .
for all his visible unease , theroux was at pains to avoid painting as monsters the patients he met in the first of this bleakly fascinating two - part investigation into violent psychiatric illness – no matter that many had committed monstrous acts ( for which the courts deemed them not guilty by dint of their troubled mental state ) .
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i read this years ago , before i was on goodreads . this is my favourite book , ever . thomas bishop is brought up by his abusive mother to believe he is the son of serial rapist , caryl chessman . at age 10 thomas murders his mother and is institutionalized . he grows up with his only knowledge of the outside world being what he learns by watching tv . at age 25 he escapes and using the knowledge he learned from tv he manages to elude police while going on a cross - country killing spree . there is a twist
as for sad - eyed old louis , we know the drill by now . our narrator enters a remarkable setting and strolls about harmlessly , teasing information out of people by playing the humble , blank canvas . theroux’s talent is well documented , his uber - low status disarming his interviewees to the extent that they feel unguarded enough to spill the beans . inside the wards he chatted to patients , some of whom had committed the grisliest of acts , as if saying hello to a next door neighbour . there’s not an ounce of superiority or judgement in theroux’s bearing and you can see his subjects visibly soften as he allows them to believe , as he always does , that they have the upper hand .
in my early days at the hospital i made the mistake of directly challenging some of the delusions , before realising it was a futile effort .
on the same unit as jonathan , i played a game of cards with a patient named judith . she ' d been locked up after being accused of stabbing a woman on the bus with a pair of scissors .
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the concept of an insanity defense for me is always intriguing . that ' s partly why i chose this book , and i wasn ' t misled in doing so . the legal arguments presented in the story are sound . the problem i had was the religious undertone , which , had i known was part of the theme , would have stopped me from even picking it up . maybe the book was intended for some kind of christian marketing ; don ' t know and don ' t care . still , if it ' s possible to put that aside , then i suspect readers would find the st
an absolutely enthralling journey through the life of a psycho - sociopathic mind , i read this book in my teens and have to say i enjoyed every aspect of it , although
enjoy
is not the right word to use . this book preceded and is far superior to
american psycho
by brett easton ellis and i have often wondered why it was never adapted for the screen . it is a well - written novel and is far superior in terms of style of writing , characterisation , and storyline , than many other serial - killer novels .
this is a new author to me . thoroughly enjoyed this book and look forward to reading more of his books . reminded me of james patterson and john grisham
beware of spoilers . i don ' t hide or promote my reviews . this is my first novel by randy singer . the jacket says he ' s a lawyer as well as a christian pastor . both dna strands emerge in the book . first , the plot is interesting : intersection of crime , court , journalism , spirituality . a female reporter gets charged with several homicides , some of which she had reported . an interesting twist : one of her defense attorneys turns out be the do - er . another interesting twist : her other defense attorney turns o
this is a difficult book to review . it reads like a non - fiction pursuit of a serial killer with all the people involved listed and used throughout . however , it is fiction and is well - thought out . the plot is complicated and the crimes gruesome . many people act as fouls for one another . as the reader , you see into the mind of the killer . that is particularly interesting — the psychology of his actions . you also are introduced into the minds of the other characters in the story . this book is recommended by stephen king and i am a huge fan of his . in his recommendation , he says that this is a novel of perfect evil . after reading it , i can agree .
treatment at the hospital involves a combination of classes and inter - personal therapies , combined with a regimen of psychoactive medication . doctors and therapists like to say that
medication is only half of treatment but it ' s the first half
.
my idea had been to get to know some of the patients at a top american forensic facility . i wanted to meet men and women who have done some of the worst crimes imaginable - not through choice but under the influence of mental illness .
living in a pre - fab show house with his shallow , avaricious family , michael bluth ( jason bateman ) is surrounded by fakery . when patriarch george goes to prison michael must take charge of the family business , which turns out to be something of a poisoned chalice . very funny and very innovative , though the latest season , a half - netflix original , may be too meta and ambitious for its own good .
the premise of the book is about a string of kidnappings and murders . catherine o ' rouke is a reporter who claims to have had visions containing information that only the police or the person committing the crimes would have access to . this lands her as the number one suspect . she has no recollection of committing these crimes , and because of the visions , her sanity is brought into question . the book follows her experiences in jail and the proceedings of her trial . because of the horrible nature o
after a series of kidnappings and murders in virginia beach , newspaper reporter catherine o ' rourke experiences disturbing dreams that detail each crime . in an effort to aid the investigation , she shares them with her confidential source—a detective working on the case . catherine ' s intimate knowledge of the crimes immediately makes her a prime suspect . when scientific evidence corroborates her guilt , she ' s arrested and charged with murder . as she begins to doubt her own innocence , catherine turns to las vegas lawyer quinn newberg , a high - priced specialist in the insanity defense . quinn believes in justice , vegas - style . but he doesn ' t believe in the supernatural , or that catherine ' s dreams are anything other than the result of a fractured personality disorder .
who can understand the human mind ?
quinn knows that insanity cases are unpredictable , but nothing had prepared him for
this !
to win , or even survive , quinn will need more than his famed legal maneuvering and biting skepticism . on this case , he needs a miracle .
however , a small proportion have committed crimes , sometimes of the most gruesome kind .
great book . lots of twists . keeps your attention . hard to put down .
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one of the finest novels ever written about perfect evil . i recommend it unreservedly .
in the hands of a clumsier filmmaker , black humour would surely have bubbled between the cracks . one patient recalled running a series of red lights at speed because he had believed israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was psychically commanding him to drive recklessly . later , over a relaxed game of cards , an affable old lady named judith explained she was the female manifestation of jesus and had been alive at the time of the new testament .
i found this book by browsing amazon ' s crime thriller site and was so impressed by the reviews , i had to order it . i ' m an addict of this genre , usually enjoying patricia cornwall , kathy reichs , james patterson et al , and this had me gripped from beginning to end . you really do have to keep reminding yourdelf that this is fiction and not a ' true crime ' story . i kept imagining who would play the roles of kenton , bishop , oates and spanner etc . if this was made into a movie . if you want a book to really get your teeth into read this a . s . a . p . i intend to read it again - soon !
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my second attempt at reading this author . it is marked fiction / suspense . i picked up another randy singer book a while ago and was disturbed by the graphic violence . however , i was assured by other readers that singer is usually very careful to ensure his books are suitable for the christian market . . . . so i decided to try another . that was a mistake . the story itself was intriguing with enough twists and turns to keep my attention . it was unpredictable - - i could not have worked out the ending . howev
if you enjoyed the original red dragon , and the written sequels , you should read this novel ! it ' s no coincidence that shane stevens is frequently name checked by stephen king . this book contours psyche ' s , ego ' s and the desolation caused by mass travel / mass heading , if you want the scare with realism , i wholly recomend this book as a tour - de - force , genuinely scared me , if you like such as red dragon , then this is essential . warnning = it ' s not fem friendly !
i read this years ago , before i was on goodreads . this is my favourite book , ever . thomas bishop is brought up by his abusive mother to believe he is the son of serial rapist , caryl chessman . at age 10 thomas murders his mother and is institutionalized . he grows up with his only knowledge of the outside world being what he learns by watching tv . at age 25 he escapes and using the knowledge he learned from tv he manages to elude police while going on a cross - country killing spree . there is a twist that comes part way through the book that had me leafing back to double check something . i never saw this twist coming . i love , love , love this book .
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at the center of this gripping epic novel of mass murder , pursuit , and psychological terror is thomas bishop , a psychotic young killer who believes he is the son of caryl chessman , who was executed for rape in california amid intense controversy . subjected to unmerciful physical and mental torture from an early age , bishop kills his mother at the age of 10 and is placed in
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jonathan had been one of the more fortunate ones inasmuch as his illness responded well to medication .
he resembled , in other words , every bad horror movie ' s idea of a serial killer , a thought that seemed to occur to theroux too .
part of me wants to see more grief ,
said the gangly documentarian , trying not to wince as jonathan matter - of - factly laid out the particulars of his patricide , as though recalling a trip to the cinema .
got whiplash from all the twists and turns in this one ! an incredible ride ! and typical great writing from singer ! but like some of the other reviewers here , the level of violence and some other plot elements made this less enjoyable for me than some of singer ' s books .
one word : wow . two words : fucking wow . this book is not your typical noir novel . it is much more . dark and funny . grisly and beautiful . dense and , yet , in some ways bleak and sparse . it tells the story of an escaped mental patient and the detective who chases him across america . but this isn ' t a harrison ford - like fugitive ; this fugitive kills . and he kills to simply kill . the narrative is straight forwad : an act of violence is followed by the law ' s interpretation of the violence . ( but does anyon
on one of my last visits to the hospital , i sat in with jonathan as he went before a forensic review team - the panel of clinicians that assesses patients for an increased movement level .
you have to honour her sense of what reality is ,
he told one of the doctors after a heart - to - heart with judith . she smiled , if not quite agreeing then certainly appreciative of his willingness to look beyond the mania and engage with the person behind the diagnosis .
such a good book . loved every second of it . i read this a few years ago .
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a patient named brian had beaten his mother to death with a baseball bat , believing her to be possessed by the devil . brian was a pentecostal christian . he ' d been doing well in treatment , but one of his obstacles was that he still believed his mother had been possessed - only now , he conceded that the killing was a pointless act , given that the devil can ' t be killed .
i have read a lot of books but this is the crappiest thing i have ever read . . .
“for i , the lord thy god , am a jealous god , visiting the iniquities of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me . exodus 20 : 5 . ”
stephen king referenced this author in one of his books so after much searching i located it at a used bookstore in clifton ( ohio , uc campus ) . i lived by myself at the time in a very dark neighborhood - raccoons and dogs regularly plundered around at night . i started in on this book and could not stop - had to make frequent trips around the house to check on things as i was sort of freaked out . it did not help that i kept hearing sounds and getting startled . scary crap from beginning to end . it
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one of the finest novels ever written about perfect evil . . . i recommend it unreservedly . ” —stephen king
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i ' m marking this as read since there is no option to mark it as aborted . i didn ' t know anything about the book or author before i started reading it besides it got good reviews , including one from my old cio . ( sorry jc but i hated this . ) as i read i couldn ' t understand why the dialogue in the book was so disney . at one point one of the main characters goes to jail and feels threatened by this scary african american woman that says heck or something sterile instead of using real curse words . she
stevens tells an enjoyable tale about thomas bishop who escapes ( quite masterfully ) from a mental health facility and begans to cross the us killing women in vicious ways . this book was written in the 1970 ' s right when mass murders were becoming the rage with the likes of charles manson and such . stevens gives you a look into bishop ' s backround . he was raised by a mother who beat him with a leather strap a lot till he couldn ' t take it anymore and he killed her resulting in his residencey at willow , which was a mental facility . his father was killed in a robbery by one of his fellow robbers . his mother was also convinced his real father was caryl chessman who was arrested , convicted and killed for robbery and rape in the 1940 ' s . thus thomas thinks chessman was his father and he begins murdering women to please his father . some enjoyable twists at the end .
they often came across as mild and gentle people , but the details of the crimes were harrowing in the extreme .
speaking of which , this is like the killing , but with actually interesting characters . seriously , the killing is awful .
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this is one of the most harrowing books i have ever read . i have loaned this book to many of my friends . it is so dogearred and taped . it is also out of print . i actually would look over my shoulder to check if anyone was in the room while reading . few books can do that to me , but this one is a winner .
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the concept of an insanity defense for me is always intriguing . that ' s partly why i chose this book , and i wasn ' t misled in doing so . the legal arguments presented in the story are sound . the problem i had was the religious undertone , which , had i known was part of the theme , would have stopped me from even picking it up . maybe the book was intended for some kind of christian marketing ; don ' t know and don ' t care . still , if it ' s possible to put that aside , then i suspect readers would find the story engaging and the writing quite competent and engaging . it involves a journalist who may or may not be suffering from a split - personality disorder , the basis for the story of kidnap and murder . if you can get past the not - so - subtle pitch for a religious explanation , well , then i suspect you may well rate it higher than a three . me ? i ' m not keen on novels that proselytize . this one strayed just a bit too much into that territory for my taste .
stephen king referenced this author in one of his books so after much searching i located it at a used bookstore in clifton ( ohio , uc campus ) . i lived by myself at the time in a very dark neighborhood - raccoons and dogs regularly plundered around at night . i started in on this book and could not stop - had to make frequent trips around the house to check on things as i was sort of freaked out . it did not help that i kept hearing sounds and getting startled . scary crap from beginning to end . it reads like it is real , messed up from page 1 to the end . highly recommended .
stevens tells an enjoyable tale about thomas bishop who escapes ( quite masterfully ) from a mental health facility and begans to cross the us killing women in vicious ways . this book was written in the 1970 ' s right when mass murders were becoming the rage with the likes of charles manson and such . stevens gives you a look into bishop ' s backround . he was raised by a mother who beat him with a leather strap a lot till he couldn ' t take it anymore and he killed her resulting in his residencey at will
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twenty - six years later , he remained at the hospital , stalled at level 2 . he was confined to the corridors and units , with the possibility of never being released - his story a constant reminder to the hospital of how badly wrong a release can go .
this was one of the best books i have ever read . i love the fact that this book was based on non fiction relating to the story of caryl chessman and then transitioning to fiction about this psychopathic mass murderer . i learned a part of history that i did not know about and i became spell bound in the methodical and insane mind of a killer . it was great . i wish shane stevens still wrote . the other books that i have found for him have great reviews but are impossible to find . no longer in print .
this is a difficult book to review . it reads like a non - fiction pursuit of a serial killer with all the people involved listed and used throughout . however , it is fiction and is well - thought out . the plot is complicated and the crimes gruesome . many people act as fouls for one another . as the reader , you see into the mind of the killer . that is particularly interesting — the psychology of his actions . you also are introduced into the minds of the other characters in the story . this book is recomm
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of serial - killer novels - - the first and still the best . what sets this apart from all the books that would come after is the quality of the prose and the almost old testament flavor of the writing . there are long sequences in which the killer studies other killers - - most notably caryl chessman - - and reaches a moment of insight into evil that transcends all other crime fiction i ' ve read . a brilliant and lacerating novel unlike any you ' ve ever read - - and one you ' ll never forget . i promise .
there is a ton of louis theroux documentaries on netflix , from his quirky weird weekends in pro wrestling to more serious looks at crimes and drugs . acting the simpleton , he is a master at establishing a rapport with interviewees , lulling them into a false sense of security and very often giving them enough rope to hang themselves . ' the city addicted to crystal meth ' is one of the best on the service .
i really liked this book . would probably give it 8 . 5 on a 10 star scale . i am very stingy with the last stars , since they mean that i want to re - and re - read the book . what was great about this book ? ? ? its a courtroom drama / thriller with psychological undertones , which i expected by the title . the style is similar to the patterson , grisham , etc novels , but the thing that lets me recommend it unreservedly to my friends is the absolute lack of objectionable language . there are some pg13 situation
one word : wow . two words : fucking wow . this book is not your typical noir novel . it is much more . dark and funny . grisly and beautiful . dense and , yet , in some ways bleak and sparse . it tells the story of an escaped mental patient and the detective who chases him across america . but this isn ' t a harrison ford - like fugitive ; this fugitive kills . and he kills to simply kill . the narrative is straight forwad : an act of violence is followed by the law ' s interpretation of the violence . ( but does anyone really know why someone is compelled to enact heinous crimes on strangers ? ) besides a schmaltzy sub - plot of the killer trying to understand where he came from ( via a search for his real father ) , and some heavy - laden mommy issues , this book is one that will never be forgotten . few books leave me this flustered , yet gratified with my reading experience . very highly recommended .
this list features prisoners , drug addicts and mobsters , and yet the plight of mark and jez seems somehow sadder than all of these combined . the pair live in a sh * t flat , pursue sh * t jobs and sh * t relationships , only getting through the day with the thought of the muller corner yogurt waiting for them in the fridge . peep show is flawless in its depiction of mid - twenties 5 - hours - sleep and office - kitchen - catch - ups boredom and is unrelenting in the dark and depressing situations it places its characters in .
jonathan had been the elder of two boys . his upbringing had been unremarkable , though he told me his family had been a little emotionally reserved .
shane stevens is the bestselling author of go down dead , way uptown in another world , dead city , rat pack , and the anvil chorus .
start by watching louis c . k ' s stand - up live at the beacon theater ( also on netflix ) then plough on into this series . it sees the comedian play a semi - autobiographical version of himself gigging , raising his two kids and trying to cope with the world of dating far later in life than he expected to . it doesn ' t pack a high laughs - per - minute ratio , but that ' s not really what he ' s going for in this series . it ' s more woody allen territory really ( indeed he went on to star in blue jasmine last year ) , and has a surprising emotional depth . season 2 is shaky , but worth sticking through for season 3 which is brilliant and incredibly thoughtful .
in jonathan ' s case , his father had been a much - loved history professor in a small college town in the south - eastern corner of ohio .
in the years since , jonathan had been making steady progress through the hospital ' s five
movement levels
that dictate the patients ' level of treatment .
the zingers come at lightning speed in this much - loved comedy about the backstage workings of a saturday night live - type sketch show . tina fey and alec baldwin are equally brilliant in the lead roles of showrunner liz lemon and nbc president jack donaghy and the satire on pop culture is always absolutely pin point accurate .
at a mental hospital in columbus i met eric . he was pushing a trolley of
comfort items
for delivery to other patients : cuddly toys and toiletries .
shane stevens is the author of numerous books , including the anvil chorus , dead city , go down dead , rat pack , and way uptown in another world .
probably one of the best crime thrillers ever written . yes , i do mean
ever
. a must read novel , not for the faint hearted though .
a crasser documentary might have lost its composure in the face of such pronouncements . but the endlessly stoic theroux ' s first impulse was to treat the interviewees with respect .
read this many , many years ago ; but i remember it as one of the scariest books i ever read . one that i would like to re - read .
after a series of kidnappings and murders in virginia beach , newspaper reporter catherine o ' rourke experiences disturbing dreams that detail each crime . in an effort to aid the investigation , she shares them with her confidential source—a detective working on the case . catherine ' s intimate knowledge of the crimes immediately makes her a prime suspect . when scientific evide
i am a huge john grisham fan and this book reminder me a lot of his books . i really enjoyed the writing style and the story line . would highly recommend
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tra il luglio e l’agosto del 1973 l’america assiste terrorizzata e impotente alla carneficina compiuta da vincent mungo , il più spietato serial killer che ne abbia mai calpestato il suolo . evaso dal manicomio criminale dov’era rinchiuso da pochi mesi , mungo attraversa gli stati uniti da una costa all ' altra , da los angeles fino a new york , lasciandosi alle spalle i resti di cadaveri orribilmente mutilati . le vittime , tutte giovani donne , vengono torturate , stuprate , fatte a pezzi con una furia sanguinaria senza eguali , che affonda le radici nel tragico passato dell’uomo . il suo è un compito superiore , una missione : la donna è il male , lui , il cacciatore di demoni , libererà il mondo dalla sua abominevole presenza . mentre la scia di sangue diviene giorno dopo giorno sempre più densa , l’opinione pubblica , sconvolta dalla mattanza , inizia a chiedersi perché nessuno riesca a fermarlo . già : perché nessuno riesce a seguire le tracce di mungo ? perché , nonostante le sue fotografie tappezzino ormai i muri di decine di città , nessuno lo ha mai avvistato ? perché la polizia , impegnata nella più estesa caccia all’uomo mai dispiegata sul suolo americano , non ha la più vaga idea di come prevedere la sua prossima mossa ? semplice : perché l’uomo che si sta prendendo gioco di tutti loro , il più feroce serial killer della storia d’america , non è vincent mungo . ci sono tre cose che non mi sono piaciute di questo romanzo : la prima , nonché più grave di tutte , è l’imperdonabile ritardo con cui il capolavoro , sì , lo dico senza pudore , capolavoro di shane stevens è stato pubblicato in italia . sono passati più di trent’anni da quando by reason of insanity , con largo anticipo rispetto a riconosciuti caposaldi del genere come il silenzio degli innocenti , il collezionista di ossa o american psycho , ha inaugurato il filone dei serial killer letterari negli stati uniti . un plauso a fazi per averci consegnato un romanzo di tale importanza , ma una dolorosa tirata d’orecchi a tutta l’editoria italiana per avercene privato per tutto questo tempo . la seconda e la terza riguardano proprio l’edizione italiana : il titolo , io ti troverò , è quanto di più banale si possa immaginare e non rende minimamente giustizia all’originale , ben più significativo ; e la copertina è totalmente fuori contesto ( vorrei che qualcuno mi spiegasse da dove viene l’idea della macchina , dato che non trova alcun riscontro nel romanzo ) . e basta . continua qui : urltoken
matt le blanc plays matt le blanc , who lands a part in a us adaptation of a successful uk sitcom , much to the disappointment of its creators ( stephen mangan and tamsin greig ) who were hoping to cast someone a little more highbrow . sounds like one of those brilliant premises that a show could never live up to beyond the pilot , but episodes doesn ' t try and trade off this gag forever , instead going in some surprising and very funny directions . watching le blanc send up himself is glorious .
it is important to note that most of the patients in ohio ' s mental health facilities have never committed crimes . they are institutionalised because they have lost touch with reality and are having problems functioning unaided in the community . indeed , in general , people with mental illness are much more likely to be the victims of a crime than the perpetrators .
ted may be accused of reductionism when it comes to its explanation of complex science topics , but its life hacks series is silly , fun and eminently watchable . seriously , if it ' s been a long day and you just need something to switch off to , a 3 - minute video entitled ' how to tie your shoes ' should help .


an enemy of the people is a 1978 american drama film directed by george schaefer based on arthur miller 's 1950 adaptation of henrik ibsen 's 1882 play .

the film stars steve mcqueen in the lead role of scientist thomas stockmann , charles durning as his brother peter and bibi andersson as his wife catherine .

an enemy of the people ( film )

christoph gawenda as dr stockmann in the schaubühne production of an enemy of the people at the barbican . photograph : arno declair
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steve mcqueen in a little know film ' an enemy of the people ' dr thomas stockmann enters into a public meeting to discuss his alarming discoveries .
an enemy of the people . . . ‘i found the characters too one dimensional , ’ says ostermeier . photograph : arno declair
brothers in arms . . . william gaminara , left , and hugh bonneville in an enemy of the people . photograph : tristram kenton for the guardian
dates and a theater for “an enemy of the people , ” as well as casting and a design team , have yet to be announced .
baikie is a sober respectable town , but when anybody starts doing good by digging under this facade , he becomes an enemy of the people .
chuck d is reportedly suing a production company over the story rights to a film about public enemy .
anything that flies that ' s not a bird , we consider it an enemy .
following the success of the opera film rigoletto , opera spanga is dedicating 2006 to the filming of samson et dalila . the film premiered in 2007 in spanga .
…of henrik ibsen’s stage play an enemy of the people ( 1977 ) , a drama about a scientist’s efforts to expose his community’s polluted water system . the film was decidedly a labour of love for the actor , but it was poorly received and barely released theatrically .
the last shot of enemy is terrifying and unexpected . but what does it mean ?
production : a columbia tristar nordisk film distributors release of a nordisk film production . ( international sales : nordisk film , valby , denmark . ) produced by aage aaberge , kaare storemyr . co - producers , kim magnusson , edward a . dreyer . directed by erik skjoldbjaerg . screenplay , nikolaj frobenius , skjoldbjaerg , from the play
an enemy of the people
by henrik ibsen .
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the yale repertory theatre production of henrik ibsen ' s an enemy of the people , newly translated by paul walsh , begins performances october 6 prior to an official opening october 12 . directed by james bundy , the production will continue through october 28 at yale university theatre .
alt house is preventing another production company chuck has teamed up with to make a separate film about public enemy , claiming that it already holds the rights to chuck d and public enemy ' s story .
al - shabab has killed by firing squad people they accuse of being spies .
playwright branden jacobs - jenkins will create a new english adaptation of henrik ibsen’s “ an enemy of the people , ” to be directed by prominent german director thomas ostermeier in a production that will hit broadway in the 2017 - 18 season .
the film is set around the time of captain america : civil war and spider - man homecoming .
the 56 - year - old ' s lawsuit is allegedly attempting to block alt house from securing the film rights to his and public enemy ' s story .
waititi shot a facebook live at the end of shooting , which revealed that miek – an ally of hulk ' s from that same storyline – will appear in the film .
at the time of release , the $ 90 million movie was the most expensive foreign - funded film ever made .
in a certain sense , enemy , a loose adaptation of josé saramago’s the double , is an excellent harbinger of what villeneuve had on deck . like sicario and arrival , enemy is a saturated film , every moment practically dripping with suggestion ; in the case of enemy , that suggestion is of menace , danger , and calamity inching ever closer , frame by frame . villeneuve is a master of mise - en - scène , and in enemy , just as much as the two later movies he’d be lauded for , there’s an incredible consistency and intensity to his vision . from the brutalist architecture of the university of toronto scarsborough campus to the crisscrossing wires of the streetcars to the sepia - heavy color schemes to the camera , which dollies beautifully through the entire film , every element in front of villeneuve’s lens helps build a sense of dread and foreboding .
12 . oh yeah , there’s an alien queen roughly the size of the eiffel tower .
the broadway incarnation will be produced by david binder , the producer behind the tony - winning revival of “hedwig and the angry inch” as well as “of mice and men” with james franco . “ an enemy of the people ” follows a small - town doctor who discovers that the public baths are contaminated , but is then run out of town for potentially harming an amenity that is essential to the town’s tourism business .
a year ago toronto’s tarragon theatre presented an adaptation of henrik ibsen’s 1882 play an enemy of the people . actually it was twice adapted : a canadian version of a german production that had already taken considerable liberties with the norwegian original . it was a deserved success , and is now back for a second run with an additional transformation . the principal role and its performer , both formerly male , are now female .
norwegian helmer erik skjoldbjaerg returns to his native soil with
an enemy of the people ,
a skilful updating of the classic ibsen play about thwarted community activism and corporate sway . skjoldbjaerg gets closer to his characters , although the screenplay ' s exposure of unsavory elements in human nature diminishes overly warm feelings .
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her natural accent is two parts x factor cheryl to one part alan bennett , though in close to the enemy she’s got an aristocratic american drawl .
even just planning a sunday lunch and having some people around , i’m like hyperventilating . i just like an easy life . ”
enemy movie ending explained ? the meaning of the jake gyllenhaal and denis villeneuve movie , spiders and all ( a theory ) .
some veterans of the battle depicted in the movie hated its inaccuracies so much they called on russia to ban the film outright .
enemy of the people is the world premiere adaptation of henrik ibsen’s classic about a scientist who takes on his hometown after discovering an environmental catastrophe . utilizing story theater elements and a revised structure , this adaptation centers on a fundamental question that’s as resonant now as ever : does democracy work ?
in the enemy of the people the walls are blackboards , furniture drawn on to them in chalk , then scrawled over , crossed out , defaced and , brilliantly , just before the protagonist dr stockmann’s big moment , whitewashed . the sparse simplicity of the space throws the emphasis onto the actors and the text .
the tragedy of an honest man destroyed by a town ' s greed . [ video ]
having failed to win over hollywood with the unreleased 2001 feature “prozac nation , ” norwegian helmer erik skjoldbjaerg returns to his native soil with “an enemy of the people , ” a skilful updating of the classic ibsen play about thwarted community activism and corporate sway . shedding some of the sangfroid that marred even his lauded first feature , [ … ]
when the late steve mcqueen appeared in ' ' an enemy of the people ' ' in 1976 , only to find that warner bros . was unwilling to release the film the following year , it sounded as if mr . mcqueen ' s brush with ibsen might have been genuinely disastrous . it wasn ' t , but neither was it exciting enough to warrant an expensive , big - studio publicity campaign or to lure a large audience .
arthur miller ( same guy who wrote the plays death of a salesman and the crucible ) wrote the screenplay for this film version of ibsen ' s play .
don’t get caught in the crosshairs . here are a few things you probably didn’t know about enemy at the gates .
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“i’m happy working with people who don’t cast people because of the size of their f * * * * * * instagram… sorry , i swear way too much . you’re like ‘f * * * , i can’t write that down’ . ”
the film has its new york premiere today at the public theater , which is just about the ideal place for it . here is an atypical , not very successful performance by an actor who was never less than interesting , even when his work was as misguided as it is here . ' ' an enemy of the people , ' ' which was directed by george schaefer , isn ' t dreadful , but there have probably been high - school productions of the play that were just as competent . still , mr . mcqueen ' s presence lends the movie a certain fascination . even his appearance , which is uncharacteristically hirsute and blank , helps make the film more of a curiosity than a failure .
most people in kazakhstan realised rather quickly that the film was aimed more at an audience in america than in borat’s homeland . sacha baron cohen’s main objective seemed to be to get an outsider’s view of the us and reveal the prejudices of the americans who borat interacts with – prejudices that most people in the us would like to pretend don’t exist . he was functioning as a sort of 21st century alexis de tocqueville . and once it became clear that this was baron cohen’s aim , most ordinary kazakhs lost interest in the borat phenomenon altogether .
why , unlike some people , canadians don’t lose their minds over supreme court . . .
chatterji is an ambitious and self - made young man who becomes the director of the company he works for .
the most recent play by macarthur “genius grant” winner jacobs - jenkins , “everybody , ” played at off broadwa’s signature theater earlier this season . his 2015 play “gloria” was a finalist for the pulitzer prize for drama , and additional credits include “appropriate” and “an octoroon . ””enemy of the people” will mark his broadway debut .
the actress also talks to thr about pushing to audition for the film and a24 ' s unconventional release strategy .
your junk is falling out of your trunk . shake a tail light , people — this lane is for you .
a clip from the 1966 arthur miller adaptation . this is the first part of the film , but you can watch all 12 parts on youtube .
playwright branden jacobs - jenkins will create a new english adaptation of henrik ibsen’s “an enemy of the people , ” to be directed by prominent german director thomas ostermeier in a production that will hit broadway in the 2017 - 18 season . the new staging will be based on the production from schaubühne ( the berlin theater of which ostermeier is a . d . ) , with a [ … ]
there is certainly still , in england , a nasty nationalism whenever the germans come and beat us in football , which they always do ! ( laughs . ) and there are horrible jokes about the germans being nazis . they’re not nazis ; they’re a most wonderfully inspiring people with a wonderful culture . they just , after the first world war , fell foul of this horrible nazi idea . so i like the way that [ nolan ] made it more about an essential situation of people trapped and surrounded by an enemy .
the khmer rouge slaughtered nearly two million people in the late 1970s . yet the killing fields of cambodia remain unexplained . until now . enter thet sambath , an unassuming , yet cunning , . . . see full summary »
an enemy of the people never makes this kind of mistake . it makes changes : “ch - ch - ch - changes” to quote the david bowie song that the characters have an irritating habit of singing . it has a darker ending than the one ibsen provided , and in this it follows its own logic . but that turns out to be a variation on ibsen’s , not a contradiction of it . the essential drama is there : the feuding of brothers , or in this case of brother and sister ; the shifting tides of personal and political interest , coming to a thrilling head in the newspaper office .
as we packed up to leave the al - shabab training camp , the fighters ' commander warned his relaxed men that anything in the skies from that moment on was again an enemy aircraft - and not a harmless drone .
short synopsis samson , who has led his people to victory time and time again and seems to be imbued with inexhaustible strength , is seduced by a beautiful woman from the enemy camp , delilah . all attempts to banish this woman from his life are doomed to failure . she conquers him with her irresistible charm and in the heat of passionate lovemaking she wrests his secret from him . his strength vanishes and he becomes the impotent plaything of his enemy . his beloved delilah takes advantage of every opportunity to humiliate him publicly in front of her whole people , to the greater glory of herself . god , however , who has not forgotten samson , restores his strength one final time . mustering his last ounce of strength , samson succeeds in casting himself and the enemy into oblivion .
the spiders , then , feel less like a literal function of the plot and more like an overarching metaphor . in an interview with gyllenhaal and villeneuve that plays after the credits on amazon prime , the director said this about the spiders :
waititi has hinted at the tone of the film , saying
the new logo suits the ' 70s / ' 80s sci - fi fantasy that this film is becoming
. anyone else thinking of the neverending story right now ? he has also said that he is basically ignoring the other two thor films and the rest of the mcu , which is a bold move and no mistake .
in an enemy of the people , a small norwegian town is banking on its medicinal baths to bring prosperity . “but its economic growth and moral health are threatened when dr . thomas stockmann ( rogers ) uncovers a toxic secret that pits him against his brother , mayor peter stockmann ( colantoni ) , ” according to production notes .
likely euron greyjoy , who currently hunts theon and yara , along with trying to take danny as his wife . the ship looks surprisingly dragon - like . also of note , euron could hold the dragonbinder , a magical horn capable of subduing dragons . perhaps cersei and euron will join forces - ' the enemy of my enemy is my friend ' .
the film is named for the norse end of the world myth ragnarok – which is supposed to kill off the gods and bring mankind to the brink of extinction ( quite literally – leaving only two survivors left to repopulate the world ) .
ten years ago , anyone without a job could get a mortgage in the us . tony blair was the uk’s lame duck prime minister . al–qaeda , rather than is , was public enemy number one . and the satire film borat : cultural learnings of america for make benefit glorious nation of kazakhstan was in cinemas .
model outdoorsman : why this supermodel is living off - grid on an island off the coast of b . c .
don ' t think ibsen , think modern european film . . . with great scenery . . .
an enemy of the people , directed by george schaefer ; screenplay by alexander jacobs , as adapted for the american stage by arthur miller ; cinematography by paul loh - mann ; edited by sheldon kahn ; music by leon - ard rosenman ; produced by mr . schaefer ; pre - sented by joseph papp in association with the fdm foundation for the arts ; distributed by warner brothers classics . at the public theater , 425 lafayette street . running time : 103 minutes . this film is rated g .
well , i applaud that and , in fact , we had a conversation when he first approached me about whether the germans should ever be referred to . he took out any reference to the germans and just called them “the enemy , ” which i thought was really good in that it’s not a history lesson . and even when you think about it , the second world war was not a war between the german people and the english people . it was a war against the idea of fascism , the idea that one man , a dictator in this case , or one race of being , the aryan race , is better than another individual or race of people . and the english had taken advantage of that idea just as much as the germans in our treatment of african slaves , which was just as cruel and vicious . so the fact that he calls them just “the enemy” and you never see their faces , i felt this respect towards the german people , who i think are rightly a little tired of being banged on about the second world war .
ibsen ’s thrilling play is a searing examination of the intricate workings of power and influence , and an investigation into who holds real authority in society .
spoiler : tania was originally supposed to die , but the studio demanded the film’s conclusion be changed because it wanted a happy ending .
[ sakaar is ] basically where every wormhole across the universe dumps out its trash , so you get people from all walks of life with all sorts of incredible abilities and powers .
19 . jeff goldblum’s father spends the entire second half of the movie collecting children . he starts with three and ends with an entire busload of kids abandoned by the worst adults in the universe .
it is something that was discussed but it doesn’t mean we talked like that all the time - - absolutely not ,
roessner recalled .
and indeed , they don’t talk like that in the film the entire time , but my journal is filled with little bits of dialogue of things that people would say to me . they weren’t intending to be philosophical at times . but i got the wisdom . it never left me , obviously , because it made it to the film a decade later . you’d be surprised at how intelligent people get when the bullet starts flying .
there ' s not much spark to ' ' an enemy of the people , ' ' but it never sounds a desperately wrong note , either . it wouldn ' t have been surprising to find a movie star of mr . mcqueen ' s stature experimenting quietly with such prestigious but unlikely material in a workshop production on the stage somewhere . on the screen , the effort is just as frail and uncertain , but perhaps more unexpected .
stephen poliakoff saw it when he cast her in his latest prestige tv drama , bbc2’s close to the enemy , which starts next week .
waititi has said his film will be a mere 90 minutes long , making it the shortest mcu instalment yet by far .
although she isn ' t always strictly thor ' s enemy , hela is being billed as the main villain of the movie . there are plenty of other antagonists on the board , including grandmaster , the ever - troublesome skurge and the gigantic fire demon surtur .
3 . the mega ufo has legs , like a spider legs but , you know , the size of a city . one of these legs dig into the east coast of the usa , and stops in the backyard of the recreation of the white house — destroyed in the first film . the city - sized leg of a giant ufo doesn ' t totally destroy the most politically loaded building in the nation ; it just knocks over the american flag on its roof .
it was the first film where i was the eldest member of the cast , to my surprise . i guess , because of the internet , young actors are so much more conscious of a wide range of international filmmakers from korea , spain and all over the place . they have much more taste than i remember having at their age . the ones on this film were much more keen to be involved in good films with very artistic directors than just to be famous or make a lot of money or anything like that . their enthusiasm for quality was very encouraging . i hope [ dunkirk ] is like the deer hunter — so many people were introduced to us , in terms of film , like christopher walken and meryl streep . here , you’ve got a number of actors making their first film ever . i hope it’ll become a collector’s item in that way .
while villeneuve declined to divulge the meaning of the last shot , wanting to let viewers figure it out for themselves , gadon has a theory about the spider .
i think the spider is a sign of his fear of female intimacy ; it ' s a physical manifestation of his fear of female intimacy ,
she tells thr .
i think at this point in the film where he ' s able to achieve closeness with a woman , he freaks out and all of a sudden i turn into the symbol of his greatest fear .
indeed , the concept of female intimacy and the closeness between two people were some of the things villeneuve said he wanted to focus on before he even cast the film , according to a letter he wrote that was attached to the script during the process , gadon explains .
[ the letter ] basically said that he was very curious about exploring the notion of female intimacy and intimacy between two people and what that meant and how that changed us and relationships and what they were about ,
the actress says .
and he said that this script was very open , and he wanted to go on an exploration with people .
the film was shot in the fall of 1976 and completed by february 1977 , but languished on the shelf for years . warners didn ' t know how to promote the film , a piece of classical theater starring an action superstar playing against the image he had carefully crafted over the past couple of decades . they test marketed the film in 1978 to fair attendance and lukewarm reviews . to audiences unfamiliar with the play , the title sounded more like a western than a serious drama , and mcqueen ' s name above the title further confused expectations . on screen , he was unrecognizable under the bushy beard , long hair , and wire - rimmed glasses .
i did
[ warning : spoilers ahead for the film enemy . ] if you ' re an actress starring in a movie about two identical characters , playing a woman who ' s married to one of them , how do you know what your role is when the relationship between the two look - alikes is never explained and they could be two sides of the same person ? that was the complicated question faced by actress sarah gadon when she joined the cast of the jake gyllenhaal starrer enemy , directed by prisoners ' denis villeneuve . gadon plays the wife of one of gyllenhaal ' s characters , actor anthony st . claire , who ' s contacted by history teacher adam bell after bell notices the two look exactly alike . a series of contentious encounters ultimately lead the two men to switch places .
4 . there’s an entire story about space pilots from across the world . the storyline works because the characters who speak languages that aren’t english are more than a dumb punchline , and because it basically doubles the film as a spiritual sequel to starship troopers .
in satyajit ray’s absorbing contemporary adaptation of a play by henrik ibsen , a good - hearted doctor discovers that the serious illness befalling the citizens of his small bengali town may be due to a contamination of the holy water at the local temple . his findings are met not with public gratitude but with rancor , as well as opposition from local authorities , who are afraid the news will keep visitors away . stately in style but with a fiery debate at its heart , an enemy of the people gets at the tension between religion and science in everyday indian life .
according to editors at tmz , the frontman of the politically conscious hip - hop group allegedly agreed to make a documentary with alt house productions ' about spectrum city , the group he was a member of before forming public enemy in 1982 .
and lastly , let’s speak to the claim that this film is joyless . judging from critical reaction and public interest , few people will actually see this movie , so , allow me to whet the appetite of those who remain curious . here are 23 pieces of evidence for the case that independence day : resurgence deserves a place in the catalogue of great sci - fi b - movies .
a group of 30 volunteers has collected more than 1 , 200 dead bodies from beneath of the rubble of the destroyed city .
having failed to win over hollywood with the unreleased 2001 feature “prozac nation , ” norwegian helmer erik skjoldbjaerg returns to his native soil with “an enemy of the people , ” a skilful updating of the classic ibsen play about thwarted community activism and corporate sway . shedding some of the sangfroid that marred even his lauded first feature , “insomnia , ” skjoldbjaerg gets closer to his characters , although the screenplay’s exposure of unsavory elements in human nature diminishes overly warm feelings . pic received mixed reviews locally , but smart use of the breathtaking norwegian countryside should boost appeal to fests with a nordic bent .
stunt coordinator rowley irlam won an emmy for his work on season 5 , which saw 20 people set on fire across a single day , but with season 7 they reached that figure in one go .
8 . president bill pullman has , for decades , suffered visions of this grand attack , but somehow is allowed to sneak away from the guards in an alien prison to release an alien into a room with him .
perhaps the most creative response to the film came from the famous violin player marat bisengaliev . bisengaliev contacted me to raise funds to commission a piece of original music that would meaningfully represent kazakh culture .
a scientist stands against an entire town when he discovers their medicinal spa is polluted .
there are rumours of a guardians of the galaxy cameo ahead of their team - up with thor in infinity war .
satyajit ray was ailing when he made them , but these three works from the great filmmaker’s final years show an artist at the height of his powers .
in 2014 she joined the 1920s - set peaky blinders , as wealthy widow may carleton , but it’s only in close to the enemy that she’s had the chance to inhabit her favourite decade , the 1940s .
upon his arrival in afghanistan , mcmahon is briefed by a bunch of washington bureaucrats , who make one thing clear : no more troops . naturally , mcmahon takes a flash appraisal of the situation and decides he needs 40 , 000 more soldiers to secure the most dangerous , taliban - infested region of the country . only then , he reasons , will the local population believe in the occupying forces’ ability to protect them . but if the enemy are insurgents — “regular people in regular people clothes” — how are american soldiers supposed to identify them , one demoralized corporal ( lakeith stanfield ) wants to know .
the film was a hit on its release 10 years ago – but its reception in borat’s homeland was complicated , writes kazakh yerlan askarbekov .
“people do like casting me as posh birds for some reason , ” she muses in between forkfuls of the pret salad she’s brought along for lunch . “i don’t know why . it’s like the complete opposite of what i am . ”
excerpt , more at my location - filmmakers have long been obsessed by the vietnam conflict . from kubrick to coppola and all stops in between , the war has been a cinema staple for years . somehow , the khmer rouge regime in cambodia has failed to ignite western interest to anywhere near the same extent . remaining in the shadow of its neighbour , a genocide which saw the massacre of up to two million people in the aftermath of the vietnam war has rarely been represented on screen . enemies of the people is a deeply personal film which , despite its harrowing content , offers a real sense of redemption to those who are both victims and perpetrators of the khmer rouge . more than just a labour of love for thet sambath , it offers a sense of closure and reconciliation - and serves as a powerful and unique historical document .
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14 . anyway , back to president pullman . he is the lone pilot that flies a suicide payload of fusion bombs into an alien mothership .
in turn - of - the - century mississippi , an 11 - year - old boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends talk him into sneaking the family car out for a trip to memphis and a series of adventures .
we ' ve also heard that the cotati could show up in film . the plant - like alien race have a strong connection to pom klementieff ' s new guardians of the galaxy vol 2 character mantis , which could indicate a link between the two movies . no word on whether she might make an appearance herself yet .
and star trek ' s karl urban will be taking on the role of thor ' s long - time foe skurge , an asgardian also known as the executioner .
22 . and do you know the first thing the alien queen sees on earth ? jeff goldblum’s father’s magical school bus full of abandoned kids , speeding through the desert . minutes before a potential apocalypse , an alien queen the size of the eiffel tower chases a school bus full of kids .
the footage also revealed some figures that apparently looked a lot like the eternals – a race of space gods with a past linked to earth ( marvel has a lot of different space god races knocking around ) . as thanos is technically one of their members , an appearance wouldn ' t be out of the realms of possibility .
an up - and - coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high - stakes match against a long - time master of the game .
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tony oldham obtained his film degree at the university of west london . in 2011 he co - founded blackstone valentine films in london . in 2015 he made his directorial debuts with the documentary “diva” and the fiction feature “the last kill” respectively .
the ' planet hulk ' story is being incorporated into the film , with thor and hulk forced to fight for the entertainment of the masses on sakaar . although it looks like hulk might be happier in his role than his fellow avenger is .
an example of a scene reconstructed from his journal is a conversation in which one of the men in his unit tells ocre that
there ' s a bullet out there for everyone .
i went to see this film as part of the norwegian film festival in london , with the director on stage afterwards for a question & answer session . i really enjoyed the film - the lead character was very interesting , it has a well developed plot , and a few great supporting characters / actors . the director ' s insight afterwards was illuminating - he revealed that the lead character was loosely based on michael moore . he also talked about his other films - he expressed pride in prozac nation , despite the lack of a widespread release , and he even said that he was reasonably happy with the hollywood remake of insomnia . definitely a thought provoking film that is worth seeing for its examination of those who don ' t go along with mainstream opinions , and flawed hero characters . . . without a nicely tied up ending !
21 . when the smaller ship containing the alien queen is destroyed , its passenger — the one roughly the size of the eiffel tower — survives and we discover the alien queen has the exact same alien design as the normal aliens , just now it’s really , really big ! why would an alien need to be this big , you ask ? my best guess is someone who was both involved with the creation of this film , yes doesn’t know how movies work on a metaphysical level , thought the alien queen might leap from the screen , make its way into an adjoining theater , find the bfg and rip off its head .
chris calls it an intimate epic . everything has to happen for real in front of the camera when you’re in a chris nolan film , because he doesn’t like to add anything with [ too much ] computer - generated images . i think the scene where there are a lot of men in the water , a boat is sinking and an airplane crashes — that technically took a long time to set up and was a very , very complicated thing to coordinate in the air and the water as well .
15 . and he does this in front of his fighter pilot daughter , who is not played by mae whitman , as in the original , even though much of the original cast returns and mae whitman is a great actress . safe to say the absence of mae whitman is this film’s most unforgivable mistake .
two towns to the north of king ' s landing . one of three shots as the camera glides to the north above the map kept at dragonstone .
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helen’s transformation into a spider , then , has precedent . but enemy doesn’t contain any weaving contests , unless the dvd’s got some deleted scenes . instead , the spider connection seems to stem from a different system of thought : the freudian madonna - whore complex , in which men see women as either saintly mothers or worthless sex objects . the spiders are implicated early on in the film in some sort of sexual rite , and when helen , a pregnant woman , turns into the spider after having sex with adam — shortly after anthony cheats on his pregnant wife with mary — it could be seen as a literalization of adam’s disturbed psyche , which can’t handle intimate relationships . enemy appears to say that even though adam has done away with anthony — and mary , an innocent bystander who represents some sort of purely sexual relationship , in the process — he still has a ways to go before he can reconcile these two facets of womanhood . and note the names : mary , the mother of christ ; and helen , the catalyst for the trojan war . there’s also a motif around high heels , an obvious feminine symbol : adam and anthony each notice helen and mary’s heels at separate points in the film , and the platform heels used to crush the spider at the beginning are , uh , hard to miss .
our cameraman was also not enthusiastic about taking a drone to an area controlled by al - shabab .
harvey weinstein has arrived at a manhattan courthouse for arraignment on charges alleging he committed a sex crime against a third woman . courthouse guards told people arriving for jury duty to wait or use a different entrance as weinstein arrived . an updated indictment alleges the . . .
tcm celebrates the 100th anniversary of a musical legend with three nights of programming devoted to some of leonard bernstein ' s . . . more
in this adaption of the ibsen stage play , an idealistic physician discovers that the town ' s hot springs are dangerously contaminated . but with the community relying on the spa for tourist dollars , his warnings to the falls for deaf ears .
danny flies above the dothraki as they charge into battle . an awe - striking shot to finish a tantalising new trailer .
a film that handles ambiguity and symbolism so deftly , while still providing the more concrete thrills of watching a great actor and great director do adventurous , striking work , is a rare and special thing , and that’s why enemy ’s so brilliant : it can support these readings while still not giving itself away . although arachnophobes might want to sit this one out .
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it’s only the end of the world if your doomsday kit doesn’t include rosé .
this was my first reaction as well , but one thing critics haven’t done thus far—probably because they’re confined to the spoiler - free zone of the review—is offer a theory that tries to make sense of it all . this is a movie that begins with the epigraph , “chaos is order yet undeciphered” ( a line from josé saramago’s the double , the novel on which the movie is based ) . though the movie may appear inexplicable at first , this epigraph suggests that we can make some sense of it , some order , if we just know how it can be deciphered . and villeneuve has backed this up . in an interview with the huffington post , he said , “ if you look at enemy again , you can see that everything has an answer and a meaning . ” major spoilers ahead , obviously . i’ll offer a theory . while enemy has been billed as an erotic thriller and a doppelganger movie—and it is both those things—i think ultimately it’s a parable about what it’s like to live under a totalitarian state without knowing it . it’s an invasion of the body snatchers movie in which you don’t even realize it’s an invasion of the body snatchers movie until the end—until it’s too late for our hero . in this case , the body snatchers just happen to be giant spiders .
davos talks as a snowstorm crashes on , implying this shot is taken north of the wall . men / wildlings defend themselves from an unseen threat / white walkers .
the ending of denis villeneuve’s new movie enemy has been called perhaps “ the scariest ending of any film ever made . ” and much of its scariness derives from its initial inexplicability . the movie has described as “ head - scratching , ” “ mysterious , ” and “ gloriously enigmatic . ” as one critic put it , “i kinda dug it but i have no idea if it’s any good or what happened or where i am anymore and what aiiiiiiiieeeeeeee that last sound / shot . ”
most movies about war are mission oriented , about taking a hill , or a village , or capturing enemy troops . roessner ' s movie is also mission oriented , but it’s a different kind of mission .
such remarks illustrate the initial strategy for dealing with the film on the part of the kazakh government – attempting to brush it off as no big deal . but later baron cohen was mentioned in a session of kazakhstan’s parliament by the foreign affairs minister of the time , yerzhan kazykhanov : “with the picture’s release , kazakhstan increased the number of visas it issues by 10 times . this is a great victory , and i am grateful to borat for attracting tourists to kazakhstan . ”
whatever happens in this film , hemsworth , thompson and ruffalo have been spotted on location for infinity war , so will probably be back together soon .
and where did the spiders come from ? why do fascist regimes arise again and again throughout history , in “a pattern , ” as adam reminds us ? enemy suggests that this tendency to create totalitarian regimes is part of human nature , that it comes from within us . after all , even adam , the ostensible good twin , is an extremely flawed character—he sells out his girlfriend , cheats on her with another woman , and earlier he tries to rape her . as the movie goes on , he becomes more and more like anthony . villeneuve , who has otherwise been tight - lipped about his film , has said this about enemy : “sometimes you have compulsions that you can’t control coming from the subconscious … they are the dictator inside ourselves . ”
in the marvel cinematic universe canon , the thor movies tend to get overlooked in favour of iron man , captain america and guardians of the galaxy .
kombo yannick is one of the many african asylum seekers braving the longer latin america route to the us .
the beam hit o’grady’s plane , then bounced down to the oncoming missile which honed in for the kill . with a top speed of over 1 , 864 miles an hour , it hit the f - 16 within 10 seconds from launch .
video : jake gyllenhaal reveals ' gross ' hand injury gadon adds that she
knew that the filmmaking process would be very unique and experimental ,
which is exactly what she wanted . she tells thr that she had been a fan of villeneuve ' s more unusual films like maelstrom and polytechnique , and when she found out the french - canadian director was making his first english - language film in enemy , she knew she had to do whatever it took to be a part of that film .
' he ' s making his first film in english , i have to be in this film , '
gadon says of her thought process .
so i tracked the project , and this was before even jake was attached and they were looking at potential leads . … once they had settled on jake , i basically badgered them ( laughs ) to audition me , and i auditioned with jake and i got the role , thankfully .
while filming , gadon and gyllenhaal had a lot of freedom , she tells thr .
and the connection to infinity war could possibly mean that thanos – or at least some of the missing infinity stones – could have a part to play in the film . that link was heavily hinted at in thor ' s avengers : infinity war vision ( the one joss whedon clashed with marvel execs over ) and , incidentally , grandmaster has been in possession of one of the stones in the past . . .
why spiders , specifically ? it’s hard to say . there aren’t any eight - legged creatures in the double . but there is this passage from saramago’s the year of the death of ricardo reis , in which he weaves an elaborate metaphor comparing the fascist police and their allies to spiders :
we live in a dark age , when freedoms are diminishing , when there is no space for criticism , when totalitarianism—the totalitarianism of multinational corporations , of the marketplace—no longer even needs an ideology , and religious intolerance is on the rise . orwell’s ‘1984’ is already here .
al jazeera ' s hamza mohamed wanted to film al - shabab fighters in their training camp using a drone - it was a risky and delicate move .
a thriller set at the beginning of the 1980 ' s norwegian oil boom and centered on a diver whose obsession with reaching the bottom of the norwegian sea leads to tragedy .
ibsen wrote his 1882 play in response to the drubbing he had got for ghosts . it’s easy to think of it as a straightforward story of one truth - teller against convention : for “enemy” read “hero” . this is how arthur miller saw it when in 1951 he stripped “the dull green tones of victorianism” from the play and made of it a magnificent clarion call . yet one of the arresting things about ibsen’s play is the complication of its central figure . christopher hampton ’s subtle 1997 version , used here , shows him as both principled and preposterous .
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“i think it was just coincidence that we’ve worked together to begin with and it was coincidence with the people who hired us as well . not that we had any scenes together . ”
the film will see the return of hela ( we don ' t know where she ' s been yet ) , who promptly destroys thor ' s hammer . the thunder god is banished to the planet sakaar and forced to fight in the grandmaster ' s arena , while hela makes a bid to conquer asgard .
but not all kazakhs felt that way . after the character was introduced on da ali g show , baron cohen’s website was blocked in kazakhstan for a time . just a year ago , i met a kazakh fitness instructor who worked at a gym in new york city when the borat film was released in 2006 . he said that he was in a manhattan crowd just a couple of steps away from baron cohen during the film’s premiere . and our guy very much wanted to beat the actor up , because he was outraged by the portrayal of kazakhstan . we’ve since laughed about the story – he told me how he calmed down and realised that it would be pr disaster for our people if he did .