
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer
The 2002 Interviews.
Directed by Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill
Produced by Lafayette Film
A harrowing documentary examination of a traumatized serial killer on death row, built from intimate interviews that interrogate questions of culpability, mental illness, and state justice.
British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a highway prostitute who was convicted of killing six men in Florida between 1989 and 1990. Interviewing an increasingly mentally unstable Wuornos, Broomfield captures the distorted mind of a murderer whom the state of Florida deems of sound mind -- and therefore fit to execute. Throughout the film, Broomfield includes footage of his testimony at Wuornos' trial.
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Is Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer sad? Yes, very. More sad than 98% of films.
Does Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 96% of films.
Is Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.
Is Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer scary? Yes. More frightening than 76% of films.
Is Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.
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