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
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Written by Justin Hayward
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Aileen was mad. She went through so much abuse in the years she was alive it probably became a natural thing to happen to her. She knew the wrong people, she had the wrong job and she never had the chance to get her say. She talked and talked a lot about what really happened and I think at the end of it all she didn't care about living as she had spent a good decade behind bars. The interviews that Nick has with Aileen are highly documented and explain a lot of her personality and who she really is but a lot of the time it was questionable about her insanity. Through the public eye she was a monster that deserved what was coming where other people looked at her in a different light and took pity because of her abusive up bringing. The movie Monster was a stunning portrayal of who Aileen really was and how down and out she was even before trying to get back up. She was whisked through so many relationships and whether or not they were abusive relationships they always left her scared and feeling unwanted. I got the impression that sometimes when she was prostituting herself she was looking for one man or woman to come along and take her away from all the hurt and pain she must have been feeling. For Jeb Bush to let the execution of Aileen go ahead was an absolute outage as far as justice goes because though she may have wanted it from time to time legally she shouldn't have been executed. She had so many past happening going through her head she didn't know the right from wrong and because of constant abuse of male figures in her life since she was a little girl you couldn't really say that she wasn't mixed up and was fully sane to be executed.
Nick bonds with Aileen a lot through the documentary and a lot of the time Aileen does go back and what she says which just puts you in place where you don't know what to believe but this is such a fascinating story and is a subject that isn't brought up enough in this day and age because things that happened to Aileen are happening right now to one woman or even a man in nearly every country. Physical Abuse is a subject that people don't like to discuss in general because of the horror that follows it but if it was an issue like it should have been with Aileen then I think many people could be saved and to understand there story you have to listen to what they have to say which is what nobody did when coming to Aileen. Bloomfield again creates something which gives you food for thought and as much as he wants to find the truth again he doesn't, only a number of conspiracy theories which I always find appealing because it leaves you thinking more about the truth.
- oneflewovertheapocalypse
- May 18, 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