Karla

[Leafless]

Many movies have been made concerning a long line of serial killers under many different titles but is this one any different in the way of exploiting, hollywood style, true life events of infamous people concentrating on their acts of extreme violence with little or no regard for their victims?

Now that the movie Karla is out on the big screen concerning the story of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka and the horrible series of events that happened right here in Canada , would you pay to watch it or would you watch it at all, even for free?

[betsy]

Many movies have been made concerning a long line of serial killers under many different titles but is this one any different in the way of exploiting, hollywood style, true life events of infamous people concentrating on their acts of extreme violence with little or no regard for their victims?

Now that the movie Karla is out on the big screen concerning the story of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka and the horrible series of events that happened right here in Canada , would you pay to watch it or would you watch it at all, even for free?

I'll just wait for it on video....if ever I do watch it. This one being the most highly talked about heinous crime that happened, I am curious about it. I'll read the reviews though before I bother.

[August1991]

Many movies have been made concerning a long line of serial killers under many different titles but is this one any different in the way of exploiting, hollywood style, true life events of infamous people concentrating on their acts of extreme violence with little or no regard for their victims?

Now that the movie Karla is out on the big screen concerning the story of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka and the horrible series of events that happened right here in Canada , would you pay to watch it or would you watch it at all, even for free?

No.

I didn't go to see The Passion of the Christ for a somewhat similar reason. Who wants to see someone being fictionally beaten to a pulp? As to Karla, who wants to see kids being portrayed as tortured?

BTW, I have seen ads on French commercial TV for this movie.

[geoffrey]

No.

I didn't go to see The Passion of the Christ for a somewhat similar reason. Who wants to see someone being fictionally beaten to a pulp? As to Karla, who wants to see kids being portrayed as tortured?

BTW, I have seen ads on French commercial TV for this movie.

I found the Passion of Christ very moving, excellent film. It wasn't watching someone get beaten to a pulp, but quite different indeed. I'd recommend it.

I probably won't watch Karla. I feel like watching the portrayal of the murders of real people just isn't right. Making money of a murder is unacceptable in my opinion. I would consider watching it for free, if I heard it was extremely respectful of the victims characters.

It's like that new 'Hostel' movie, vividly depicting torture. I can't see how anyone would be drawn to that? And I'm a youngin' brought up on video games and violent movies... still can't go watch torture. Sort of uncivilized eh?

[Leafless]

There have been many movies made concerning serial killers based on actual events.

In the U.S with a lot larger population than Canada, there have been many horrific murders involving and rapes murders of school children but as far as I know very few movies made concerning these events.

Moralistically I draw the line concerning the production of movies exploiting the deaths of children at the hands of very deranged individuals and Karla would definitely be one of them.

I would not watch this movie period.

[kimmy]

Would I pay to watch it? Not a penny.

I know that financial profit is a motivation for virtually every movie that gets made. However, to me this seems a step beyond.

"Karla" is produced by American producers, written by American writers, and has an American cast, yet they seem to have not bothered to secure American distribution for the film. To me, the implication is that they heard that this story was big news in Canada and sought to cash in; that they haven't secured distribution in the United States says that they don't believe that without the morbid interest Canadians have for the Homolka story, the movie has no appeal. To me that's the distinction here, the difference between making a movie with the hope of making a solid product that makes a profit, compared with making a movie with the hope of cashing in and exploiting a tragedy.

Many years ago, a TV movie was made about the Colin Thatcher case. An American network purchased the right to show the movie to American audiences. Although American audiences had no idea who Colin Thatcher was or what he did, the network believed that the movie was compelling and that it stood on its own merits.

Karla, reviewers have said, doesn't stand on its own merits. A movie analyst I saw interviewed about Karla (sorry, don't recall who was interviewed or what network it was on) described it as a "B movie". Here is a description of "B movies" from Wikipedia, for August's benefit

"B-movie" has finally come to refer to most low-budget commercial films, with lesser-known (and generally considered inferior) actors (B-actors). Usually the films are formulaic and campy, with cheaper special effects, uninspired dialogue, and gratuitous nudity, sexuality, and/or violence. B-movies of the horror movie genre are still fairly popular. B-movies today are often not released in theaters, but are made for cable packages, Pay-for-view, or instead going direct to video stores direct-to-video.

The analyst I saw interviewed said that a movie of the calibre of "Karla" would normally run in a small number of theatres, but Karla is being run in over 100 theatres, a far larger amount than it would warrant if not for the infamy surrounding Homolka.

I suppose people have the right to try to cash in, but I certainly hope they fail miserably in this instance.

-k

[tml12]

Many movies have been made concerning a long line of serial killers under many different titles but is this one any different in the way of exploiting, hollywood style, true life events of infamous people concentrating on their acts of extreme violence with little or no regard for their victims?

Now that the movie Karla is out on the big screen concerning the story of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka and the horrible series of events that happened right here in Canada , would you pay to watch it or would you watch it at all, even for free?

I wouldn't watch it if you paid me too.

[PolyNewbie]

I met those two when working in St Catharines as a salesman.

They really put on a show, Paul was going to pay cash for a big Sony console. I had to check stock and walk through two offices to gte to the stock room. They followed me right into the stock room. No one had ever done that before and thats why I remembered them.

It was about a year later that it all came out in the papers.

[PocketRocket]

Would you pay to watch it?

No, but I WOULD pay to see Karla and Tonya Harding go at each other with crowbars.

[Canuck Monk]

I will probably wait for it to come out on video if I ever do get around to watching it.

I hear someone in California is going to make a movie about Robert Pickton too.