Nick Broomfield's second documentary about serial killer Aileen Wuornos, focusing on her mental state on death row.Nick Broomfield's second documentary about serial killer Aileen Wuornos, focusing on her mental state on death row.Nick Broomfield's second documentary about serial killer Aileen Wuornos, focusing on her mental state on death row.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 4 nominations
- Self - Her Father was Killed by Wuornos
- (archive footage)
- Self - Victim's Sister
- (archive footage)
- (as Leitha Prater)
- Self - Victim's Widow
- (archive footage)
- Self - Wuornos' Adoptive Mother
- (archive footage)
- Self - Wuornos' Former Lover
- (archive footage)
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as Judge Muriel Blount)
- Self - Governor of Florida
- (archive footage)
- Self - Wuornos' Former Friend
- (archive footage)
- Self - Wuornos' Former Friend
- (archive footage)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIncluded among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.
- Quotes
Aileen Wuornos: You sabotaged my ass, society. And the cops, and the system... a raped woman got executed. It was used for books and movies and shit. You're an inhumane bunch of fuckin' livin' bastards and bitches and you're gonna get your asses nuked in the end, and pretty soon it's comin'! 2019 a rock's supposed to hit you anyhow, you're all gonna get nuked. You don't take fuckin' human life like this and just sabotage it and rip it apart like Jesus on the cross, and say thanks a lot for all the fuckin' money I made off of ya. And not care about a human being, and the truth being told. Now I know what Jesus was going through.
- ConnectionsEdited into Monstras: Pánico (2020)
- SoundtracksYour Wildest Dreams
Performed by The Moody Blues
Written by Justin Hayward
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Licensed by kind permission of Nightswood BV/Sherlock Holmes Music
Wuernos's claim that the police department left her alone to kill so that they could ultimately sell the story rights to Hollywood is given a lot of play here. Broomfield doesn't take it up any further with the cops themselves (he did some of that in the original doc), but he does include fascinating footage of his own experience as a documentary "witness" to the dope smoking of "Dr. Legal", Aileen's first lawyer.
Aileen's final speech, almost directly to camera, is powerful and raw, much like the rest of this doco.
Some material feels whipped to death, but the revelations about the killer's childhood (at thirteen, after giving birth, she lived in the woods behind her house during a snowy winter) certainly help us to understand her better.
Worth seeing, but I feel that it would work better on the small screen.
- fertilecelluloid
- Jan 10, 2004
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Aileen: Bir Seri Katilin Yaşamı ve Ölümü
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $97,362
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $16,158
- Jan 11, 2004
- Gross worldwide
- $97,362
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1