編劇: 托尼·凱耶
主演: Bill Baird / Flip Benham / Dallas Blanchard / John Britton / Pat Buchanan / John Burt / Andrew Cabot / 諾姆·喬姆斯基 / Frederick Clarkson / Alan M. Dershowitz / Joycelyn Elders / Kevin Fitzpatrick / Mary Lou Greenberg / Michael F. Griffin / David Gunn Jr. / Nat Hentoff / Paul Hill / 艾蘭·凱耶斯 / Roger Cardinal Mahony / Norma McCorvey / Phillip Resnick / John Salvi / 彼得·辛格 / Sarah Weddington
類型: 紀錄片
國家/地區: 美國
語言: 英語
上映日期: 2006-09-09
片長: 152 分鐘
又名: 墮胎權之爭 / 烈焰之湖 / 火湖IMDb: tt0841119
評分: 8.2
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劇情簡介:
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.