Aileen Wuornos: Selling of a Serial Killer
1992, Florida, USA. Aileen Wuornos is claimed to be the world's first female serial killer.1992, Florida, USA. Aileen Wuornos is claimed to be the world's first female serial killer.1992, Florida, USA. Aileen Wuornos is claimed to be the world's first female serial killer.
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- TriviaIncluded among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.
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Aileen Wuornos: [In court] I wanna be back in prison. I don't care what the sentence is. I'm already on death row, I'm gonna see the chair, I don't... this is all re-electional purposes. This is not for nothing but to get you guys re-elected. And this is a bunch of bull-shit. This doesn't even need to happen. I'm trying to save tax payers money; you people don't care. You wanna press on with a jury and everything else to try to impress the public. And all I wanna do is go back to prison, wait for the chair, and get the hell off of this planet that's full of evil and your corruption in these courtrooms.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003)
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Written by Roger Waters (as Waters)/David Gilmour (as Gilmore)/Richard Wright (as Wright)/Nick Mason (as Mason)
Publisher: PINK FLOYD MUSIC PUBL. Ltd.
The topics noted by the documentary are that Wuornos had a dismal childhood (resulting in her proclivity towards violence); and that during the trial, a number of people tried to enrich themselves from the publicity. Basically, there were no good guys; the documentary doesn't heroify Wuornos, but also shows what opportunists everyone else was.
Broomfield made a second documentary about Aileen Wuornos, but I haven't seen that one, only this one and "Monster" (it turns out that there was also a 1992 movie about Wuornos starring Jean Smart). The point is that Wuornos is a clear example of how a harsh upbringing can turn someone into a sadist - that is, a screwed-up society breeds screwed-up people* - and how people will then want to profit from it. Definitely worth seeing.
*That was also one of the points made in "A Clockwork Orange".
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- May 28, 2022
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