Seventeen years in the making, Lake of Fire, the epic abortion documentary by Tony Kaye (best known for American History X),has finally arrived. Mercifully shot in silvery 35mm black and white(thus making its horribly graphic imagery that much less disturbing), Lake of Fireeschews narration to rely on 152 minutes of talking heads, protests,and, of course, actual abortions. Kaye has been unflagging in hisinsistence that the film does not fall on either side of the debate,and that he seeks only to give us images and information necessary tohelp the viewer see both sides of the issue. Oddly enough, the filmdoesn’t move entirely into the present day—some viewers have alreadycomplained that the movie barely addresses RU-486 (the abortion pill) which has radically changed the face of the debate.
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