
The pun is intended: this movie is too black and white. Leaving no room for ambiguity, Mississippi Burning uses manipulative music and stereotypical characters to get one point across: the members of the Ku Klux Klan are assholes.
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Catch-Up: Mississippi Burning
Posted in Catch-up with tags Brad Dourif, Frances McDormand, Gene Hackman, KKK, Mississippi Burning, Willem Dafoe on February 9, 2010 by sdoobANTICHRIST
Posted in Festival/Event with tags Antichrist, Cannes, Chicago International Film Festival, Genital Mutilation, Lars Von Trier, Willem Dafoe on October 13, 2009 by Timothy Parfitt
When Willem Dafoe entered theater 4 of the AMC theaters last night to attend the Chicago premiere of his new film Antichrist, I was sitting in the front row, busy shoveling nachos into my mouth. Some people were dressed up for the event, and there I was in a dirty sweatshirt pounding nachos. I’m glad I got my eating out of the way: Antichrist, Lars von Trier’s newest film, is a beautiful and revolting instant classic. Read more »