编剧: 托尼·凯耶
主演: Bill Baird / Flip Benham / Dallas Blanchard / John Britton / Pat Buchanan / John Burt / Andrew Cabot / 诺姆·乔姆斯基 / Frederick Clarkson / Alan M. Dershowitz / Joycelyn Elders / Kevin Fitzpatrick / Mary Lou Greenberg / Michael F. Griffin / David Gunn Jr. / Nat Hentoff / Paul Hill / 艾兰·凯耶斯 / Roger Cardinal Mahony / Norma McCorvey / Phillip Resnick / John Salvi / 彼得·辛格 / Sarah Weddington
类型: 纪录片
国家/地区: 美国
语言: 英语
上映日期: 2006-09-09
片长: 152 分钟
又名: 堕胎权之争 / 烈焰之湖 / 火湖IMDb: tt0841119
评分: 8.2
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剧情简介:
EversinceRoev.Wade,theUnitedStateshasbeendeeplydividedontheissueofabortion.Inthatlandmarkcase,anunmarriedpregnantwomanwasrefusedanabortioninTexasand,withtheensuingjudicialchallenge,wonAmericanwomentherighttosafe,legalabortions.Eversince,proponentsandopponentshavelineduponeithersideoftheissue,launchingverbalabuse-andworse-ateachother.Asthereligiousrighthasincreasedinsizeandpowerinthepastdecade,theissuehasbecomeevenmoredivisive-andviolent.
FilmmakerTonyKaye,bestknownfor"AmericanHistoryX,"hasbeenworkingon"LakeofFire"forthepastfifteenyearsandhasmadeafilmthatisunquestionablythedefinitiveworkonthesubjectofabortion.Shotinluminousblackandwhite,whichisinfactanendlesspaletteofgrays,thefilmhastheperfectestheticforasubjectwheretherecanbenoabsolutes,no’right’or’wrong.’Hegivesequaltimetobothsides,coveringargumentsfromeitherextremesofthespectrum,aswellasthoseatthecenter,whoacknowledgethat,intheend,everyoneis’right’-or’wrong.’
Withgraphicimagesofterminationproceduresandtheiraftermath,Kayeendeavorstoshowabortion’sphysicalandpsychologicalreality-tomakeclearwhatexactlyisatstake."LakeofFire"-thefilm’stitlecomesfromoneperson’sdescriptionofwhatawaitsabortionistsinhell-isabravefilm,evenamonumentalone.Andwhateveryoubelievenow,youarecertaintothinkdifferentlyafterseeingit.
