DVD: Joel Bender's KARLA
FOR TRAILER, SEE THE BOTTOM OF THIS ARTICLE
"The real problem is somebody is deciding on a personal basis what's appropriate and what isn't." - THINKFilm president and CEO Jeff Sackman on AMC Entertainment's decision not to screen Paul Provenza's The Aristocrats (which was being distributed in the U.S. by THINKFilm) at any of its theatres, as quoted in Nicole Sperling's July 13, 2005 The Hollywood Reporter article "AMC doesn't get dirty joke"
"[I have] made it a personal mission to convince others that it is not worth exploiting this particular film, regardless of whether it has any commercial or artistic merit [emphasis added]." - Sackman on Joel Bender's Karla (which he hadn't seen), as quoted in Simon Houpt's August 15, 2005 The Globe and Mail article "Karla showings defended"
"I'd like to keep [Karla] out because I think it's a despicable film." - Jim Watson, then Minister of Consumer and Business Services for Ontario, as quoted in the March 23, 2005 Pulse24.com article "True Horror"
Monterey Media Inc. is scheduled to release Joel Bender's Karla on DVD (326832; NTSC, region 1, in English) in the U.S. on April 3rd; the DVD is available for pre-order from ScreenAnarchy affiliate Amazon.com Inc. (see the bottom of this article for link).
The screenplay for Karla was written by Bender, Manette Beth Rosen, and Michael D. Sellers. The movie stars Laura Prepon as Karla Homolka, Misha Collins as Paul Bernardo, Tess Harper as Molly Czehowicz, Leonard Kelly-Young as Dan Czehowicz, Alex Boyd as Nick, Tony Denison as Detective Buroughs, and Patrick Bauchau as Dr. Arnold.
Here's a synopsis for Karla from the official website for the movie: "Winter - 1990. The most notorious serial killers in the history of Canada begin their psychological dance with death and depravity as an entire country is held captive in fear. In stunningly acclaimed performances, Laura Prepon ('That 70's Show' , 'Come Early Morning') and Misha Collins (TV's '24') breathe perverse life into their real life counterparts of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka, dubbed by an anxious press, the 'Ken and Barbie Killers'. As the gruesome events unfold, and lovely young girls disappear, the utter lack of remorse from Paul coupled with his quirky charisma paint a delusional world of normalcy for Karla. Police frantically search for and eventually put an end to the couple's horrific killing spree, and their trial captivates the entire nation setting off waves of controversy surrounding the brutal killings. In the end, this gripping, tension-packed film will haunt you forever, to ponder the psyches of two individuals in a tragically demented relationship & because it's true."
For more information on Karla, see ScreenAnarchy's seventh, sixth, fifth, fourth, third, second, and first articles on it.
Those who are interested in Karla may also wish to read the ScreenAnarchy articles on Ulli Lommel's Killer Pickton and Hiromu Nakamura's Concrete (Konkurîto).
Karla trailer (downloadable 5.8 MB MOV file)
Karla official website
Monterey Media: Karla DVD
Amazon.com: Karla DVD
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Killer Pickton trailer (downloadable 8.8 MB MOV file)
Hollywood House of Horror: Killer Pickton
Concrete large trailer (downloadable 12 MB WMV file)
Concrete small trailer (downloadable 3.2 MB WMV file)
