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Winner of both the Directors and Filmmakers Trophy awards at the Sundance Film Festival, "Licensed to Kill" goes behind the media headlines of recent high-profile anti-gay murders to investigate their causes. Attacked by gay bashers in 1977, filmmaker Arthur Dong probes the hearts and minds of murderers convicted of killing gay men he faces them in one-on-one cell block interviews and asks them directly: "Why did you do it?" Probing on-camera interviews with seven convicted killers behind bars propel the narrative drive of "Licensed To Kill." These inmates include a wide range of distinct profiles: a young man who claims he justifiably killed as protection from his victim's sexual advances - a defense known as "homosexual panic"; a self-loathing, religious gay man who killed because of his own homosexual tendencies; a victim of child abuse who feared losing his manhood; an army sergeant angry over the gays in the military debate; and a self-described homeboy looking for easy prey.
人物选取成功，并在其基础上构建了从动机到悔意等多条各自递进的线索。如此可怕的题材能让观众感受到必须推动改变紧迫感而不是纯粹的绝望，是绝对勇敢的电影。
用一场审讯室串起全部人物，还挺会整活。直面gay bashing好需要勇气，大概是因为关系到self identity，这部片子里Dong本人的presence比别的都明显，恶意和无知被赤裸裸剥开来，血淋淋地呈现。宗教/社会都提供了土壤，licensed to kill indeed
晚上见到了导演
毛骨悚然！很多杀人犯自己曾经在儿童时被性侵过，或者是出身于宗教氛围浓厚家庭，本身是同性恋，或者出于对社会的仇恨，一时之间被怂恿等等。人是多么非理性的动物！放映期间还有一对家长带他们两个一两岁的小孩来，幸好被工作人员赶走了，棒！
虽说这些悲剧大多源自偏见歧视甚至只是无知，但作为同志身份的导演，也没回避另一种源自恐惧或是“过度警惕防备”带来的杀害，譬如异性恋者童年被同性骚扰带来的阴影和仇恨。确实是一堆难能可贵的影像文献。
译名不应该是杀人有理么？这部电影里面展现的无知导致的暴力实在骇人。曾奕田的三部曲是一部很反思的社会学调查。
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