An inclusive, riveting documentary on the controversial trial of three teenagers for the murder of three boys in 1993, Paradise Lost is a procedural crime drama of the highest order, but it also retains a particular aesthetic unbecoming of films of its ilk: old Metallica songs score everything—helicopter shots that leer over crime scene in West Memphis, or the close-ups of one of the three boys in custody for the murders. The tactic is ironic as it sensationalizes the events, pronouncing the aspect of tragedy (“Sanitarium” is reprised most often) that has enamored made the film with something of a cult following.
by Rumsey Taylor | Source: New Video Group DVD
07 May 2007 12:22 PM | Submit Comment
