The Killer Inside Me: Interesting but............?

THE KILLER INSIDE ME

Michael Winterbottom

Based on a novel by pulp writer Jim Thompson:

An idyllic West Texas town in the early 1950’s:
handsome, charming, unassuming small town sheriff's deputy, Lou Ford (Casey Affleck) has difficulty juggling his long-term girlfriend Amy (Kate Hudson) and a prostitute named Joyce (Jessica Alba). His siopathic tendencies steer him and us, his audience towards an unusual finale.

Does it matter to you if the basis of a file is right, true to its depiction of the potential for human behavior? That is the underling question posed by this film, a difficult one to answer.

There is no question that emotion, such as anger, can trigger behavior that seems to defy intelligent mediation. We have all experienced going from an identified feeling to an action we would later regret. Can this happen with the intellectual/emotional experience of "Love" or is it more to the point that the experience of the sexual orgasm is what triggers an unconscious or preconscious reaction? In this film, The Killer Inside Me this is an essential question because it is the basis of the plot, the foundation of the story.

If the latter is what holds true and the former not, then this raises the question of authenticity - not an easy one to answer, but important nonetheless.

I don't know about seeing the film on a large screen. I recommend The Killer Inside Me be seen, at home, on DVD.


Release date: June 18th
The film will be available simultaneously on VOD