girafa t1_itunjkw wrote
Reply to comment by RandomStranger79 in Why don't we make movies about the victims instead of the serial killers? by [deleted]
It's pretty common to have stories about fictional characters dealing with killers as the antagonists. (thousands of horror films, thrillers)
What isn't common is anyone making a film centering around the life of a real person who died by the hands of, say, the Green River Killer.
Fruitvale Station was a movie about a victim though. But once you make a movie about the real-life victim? The movie becomes a statement, it's not so much an investigation into the why and how of humanity.
RandomStranger79 t1_itupix0 wrote
All movies are statements.
girafa t1_ituqkvq wrote
Well, sure, they're all on a spectrum of what they're trying to convey, but you can certainly see the difference of intent between The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie and Detroit.
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