主演：诺姆·乔姆斯基/AlanM.Dershowitz/RandallTeraaa
导演：托尼·凯耶
语言：英语
地区:美国
编剧：托尼·凯耶
类型：纪录片
上映时间：2006-09-09
别名：堕胎权之争/烈焰之湖
用户标签：纪录片,美国,TonyKaye,Documentary,2006,美国电影,政治纪录片,信仰
片长：152分钟
imdb编号：tt0841119
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.