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02-20-2004, 05:33 PM
Paul-O was on R&F tonight, and Paul-O was defending the documentary which is up for an Oscar this year.
I finally saw the film recently, and while it does make a good case that the defendents in the film were railroaded, it is pretty balanced in showing as much of the case as possible. There were no actual trials in either of the cases, so the film attempts to bring the evedence in as concise a way as possible.
It's pretty clear that the police work is so sloppy, and very disturbing evidence that the police manipulated evidence on one of the deleted scenes, that if it had gone to trial in an enviroment that wasn't full of hysteria, neither would have gone to jail.
The most astounding aspect of the film is that this family videotaped everything of their lives, even as the family was falling apart. It is really incredible footage.
And on the DVD extras section, they show the debates at the screenings of the film between the people that were in the film.
It's a tough movie to watch and get beyond the fact that the father really was scum. However, it also shows that everyone has shades - that no one is black and white.
Anyway, two of the 18 children that said they were touched have made a plea to the Oscar voters not to reward this film - Ron read that tonight. However, Studio Briefing came out with this today:
G-MAN DEFENDS CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS A former FBI agent who specialized in cases of child sexual abuse has come to the defense of the documentary film Capturing the Friedmans after two men who claimed that they were abused by Arnold and Jesse Friedman sent an open letter to motion picture academy voters asking them not to vote for the Oscar-nominated film. Kenneth V. Lanning, who has written numerous publications for the Justice Department on sexual abuse, including Child Molesters, a Behavioral Analysis, said in a statement on Thursday that in his 30 years with the FBI, he had "not seen many films or programs on the topic that are as objective and balanced as Capturing the Friedmans." He noted that besides presenting the views of the Friedman family, "the filmmakers went to great lengths to include alleged victims in the film and to deal with them in a respectful and professional manner. ... I am grateful that we have a film that presents many sides of a
complex issue and encourages meaningful debate."
All parents should see this film, as well as anyone concerned about our rights being taken away from us in courts.
VERY complex film that points in the direction that at least one of the two arrests was unjust.
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I finally saw the film recently, and while it does make a good case that the defendents in the film were railroaded, it is pretty balanced in showing as much of the case as possible. There were no actual trials in either of the cases, so the film attempts to bring the evedence in as concise a way as possible.
It's pretty clear that the police work is so sloppy, and very disturbing evidence that the police manipulated evidence on one of the deleted scenes, that if it had gone to trial in an enviroment that wasn't full of hysteria, neither would have gone to jail.
The most astounding aspect of the film is that this family videotaped everything of their lives, even as the family was falling apart. It is really incredible footage.
And on the DVD extras section, they show the debates at the screenings of the film between the people that were in the film.
It's a tough movie to watch and get beyond the fact that the father really was scum. However, it also shows that everyone has shades - that no one is black and white.
Anyway, two of the 18 children that said they were touched have made a plea to the Oscar voters not to reward this film - Ron read that tonight. However, Studio Briefing came out with this today:
G-MAN DEFENDS CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS A former FBI agent who specialized in cases of child sexual abuse has come to the defense of the documentary film Capturing the Friedmans after two men who claimed that they were abused by Arnold and Jesse Friedman sent an open letter to motion picture academy voters asking them not to vote for the Oscar-nominated film. Kenneth V. Lanning, who has written numerous publications for the Justice Department on sexual abuse, including Child Molesters, a Behavioral Analysis, said in a statement on Thursday that in his 30 years with the FBI, he had "not seen many films or programs on the topic that are as objective and balanced as Capturing the Friedmans." He noted that besides presenting the views of the Friedman family, "the filmmakers went to great lengths to include alleged victims in the film and to deal with them in a respectful and professional manner. ... I am grateful that we have a film that presents many sides of a
complex issue and encourages meaningful debate."
All parents should see this film, as well as anyone concerned about our rights being taken away from us in courts.
VERY complex film that points in the direction that at least one of the two arrests was unjust.
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