heavyLox Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 http://www.reelingreviews.com/capturingthefriedmanspic.jpg'> has anyone seen this? I watched this last night as i was having a hard time sleeping and it didnt help much. I came in in a bit after the begining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethreadzny2 Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 extremely disturbing that there are people like that out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellbeefer Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 i caught this about a week ago on HBO.....it was interesting to say the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyLox Posted July 26, 2004 Author Share Posted July 26, 2004 As Jarecki's film shows the Friedmans and the law authorities who investigated their case, a strange parallel develops: We can't believe either side. Arnold seems incapable of leveling with his family, his lawyers or the law. And the law seems mesmerized by the specter of child abuse to such an extent that witnesses and victims are coached, led and cajoled into their testimony; some victims tell us nothing happened, others provide confused and contradictory testimony, and the parents seem sometimes almost too eager to believe their children were abused. By the end of the film, there is little we can hang onto, except for our conviction that the Friedmans are a deeply wounded family, that Arnold seems capable of the crimes he is charged with, and that the police seem capable of framing him. Our confusion about the facts is increased, not relieved, by another extraordinary fact: All during the history of the Friedmans, and even during the period of legal investigations, charges and court trials, the family was videotaped by another son, David. A third son, Seth, is visible in some of this footage but does not otherwise participate in the film. At the very time when Arnold is charged with possession of child porn, when the abuse charges make national headlines, when his legal strategy is being mapped, and his and Jesse's trials are under way, David is there, filming with the privileged position of a family insider. We even witness the last family council on the night before Arnold goes to prison. This access should answer most of our questions but does not. It particularly clouds the issue of Jesse's defense. It would appear--but we cannot be sure--that he was innocent but pleaded guilty under pressure from the police and his own lawyer, who threaten him with dire consequences and urge him to make a deal. Given the hysteria of the community at the time, it seems possible he was an innocent bystander caught up in the moment.http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/ebert_review.../06/060601.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KING BLING Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 It was interesting but not really mind blowing...it didn't reveal anything huge nor was it very compelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BROWNer Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 http://www.12ozprophet.com/forum/showthrea...?threadid=49605 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BROWNer Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 btw, this movie is fucking amazing...sort of along the same trajectory..sort of..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyLox Posted July 26, 2004 Author Share Posted July 26, 2004 as soon as I pressed the post button i realized it had probably been posted a while back. opps. browner knock off the 'beating me too it' business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyLox Posted July 26, 2004 Author Share Posted July 26, 2004 also read about the steevie doc a bit ago, def gonna see it soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BROWNer Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 i'm sorry. if you like the simpsons, then i hope you haven't seen this before. :dazed: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azert Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 Originally posted by BROWNer i'm sorry. if you like the simpsons, then i hope you haven't seen puregraffiti[/size].com/forum/upload/attachment.php?s=&postid=353676]this before. :dazed: [/b] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
test pattern Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 Originally posted by Ethreadzny2 extremely disturbing that there are people like that out there. you think they did all of that? i saw it. very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CinchedWaist Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 i got to rent this. everyone is telling me how good it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
test pattern Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 yeah, you should. it's pretty wicked. the son seemed like a pretty cool and funny guy when he was a kid, but by the time he got out of jail he seemed really fucked up and weird. i liked when they would film the family fights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunkfux Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Saw it last night, powerful and bizarre stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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