Ever since Roe v. Wade, the United States has been deeply divided on the issue of abortion. In that landmark case, an unmarried pregnant woman was refused an abortion in Texas and, with the ensuing judicial challenge, won American women the right to safe, legal abortions. Ever since, proponents and opponents have lined up on either side of the issue, launching verbal abuse - and worse - at each other. As the religious right has increased in size and power in the past decade, the issue has become even more divisive - and violent.
Filmmaker Tony Kaye, best known for "American History X," has been working on "Lake of Fire" for the past fifteen years and has made a film that is unquestionably the definitive work on the subject of abortion. Shot in luminous black and white, which is in fact an endless palette of grays, the film has the perfect esthetic for a subject where there can be no absolutes, no 'right' or 'wrong.' He gives equal time to both sides, covering arguments from either extremes of the spectrum, as well as those at the center, who acknowledge that, in the end, everyone is 'right' - or 'wrong.'
With graphic images of termination procedures and their aftermath, Kaye endeavors to show abortion's physical and psychological reality - to make clear what exactly is at stake. "Lake of Fire" - the film's title comes from one person's description of what awaits abortionists in hell - is a brave film, even a monumental one. And whatever you believe now, you are certain to think differently after seeing it.《地狱之火》的画面展现出一种返璞归真的自然之美,台词严谨,剧情创新性强,特效令人震撼,该片凭借甜虐双线的新颖主题,励志明快的人物设定,精密紧凑、反转不断的剧情,以及实力演员班底的演技加成,受到关注。
影评:
1,整部影片从光线、颜色、布景到服装,都协调统一的渗透出神话故事般的意境。
2,一句问候填满青春,别人的话都听不见,岁月凝结在你的视线。
3,影片对故事节奏的把控与主演们分毫不差的表演带来了很强的娱乐性,影片的科学逻辑非常出彩。
4,当岁月繁华落尽,化作尘埃随风远去,我在你身旁,不离不弃。
5,影片从视角效果来说,其对昔日经典的改编,并没有让人失望,那让人无从挑剔的制作,将原本仅只能止戈于昔日2D动画的经典,在光影中赋予了最为至美的形态,无论是那华丽的城堡服装,还是隆重梦幻的歌舞,都足以愿意让人去沉醉于这个浪漫的童话。