ISSUE 84 / 20016
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FILM
SUB-VISION RETURNS THIS MONTH
The next SUB-VISION is on Wednesday 24th February at 7PM, Bring your own booze!
IT'S FREE
SUB-VISION
After serving three years in prison for
viciously murdering two black men, newly-
reformed skinhead Derek Vineyard (Edward
Norton) is released back outside to the real
world on parole. Through the narration of
Derek's younger brother, Danny, we learn
that he used to be the leader of a gang of
white supremacists.
However, after realising that there is very
little difference between white and black
people in prison through befriending a black
inmate, Derek changes his ways and is faced
with the exceptional challenge of trying to
prevent Danny from heading down the same
road.
The film uses constant flashbacks to the past,
which are shot largely in black and white. This
accentuates the negativity and bleakness of
Derek's past, as well as getting the audience
to think about the idea of the tension
between blacks and whites, epitomised by
one of most horrifying murders ever seen
on screen. American History X is the furthest
thing from light-hearted you could get.
Tony Kaye's incredible exploration of neo-Nazism in America is a great insight into the effects of racism on both the victim
and the perpetrator and is well worth 119 minutes of your time
ESSENTIAL CINEMA: AMERICAN HISTORY X
SUB-VISION is a monthly screening of thought provoking
film, followed by an equally thought provoking discussion
regarding the film we watch.
