In 1960s Alabama, corrupt sheriff Meat Loaf kills a Black boy by accident, and no one says boo. Meanwhile, Melanie Griffith cuts off her husband's head with a carving knife and goes off to appear on BEWITCHED before she winds up on trial before Rod Steiger.
I like to think that this is a pro-civil rights movie, showing how absurd attitudes were in Alabama, and how they had to change. You can make that case, I suppose, and director Antonio Banderas' feature directorial feature won a couple of awards. So did his wife, Miss Griffith, for her work here. She walked away with a Razzie.
Given that Mark Childress wrote the novel it was based on as well as the screenplay, it should be consistent in the subtext. I suppose the conclusion is that Alabama is no place to live for sane people. I mean in the 1960s, of course.
I like to think that this is a pro-civil rights movie, showing how absurd attitudes were in Alabama, and how they had to change. You can make that case, I suppose, and director Antonio Banderas' feature directorial feature won a couple of awards. So did his wife, Miss Griffith, for her work here. She walked away with a Razzie.
Given that Mark Childress wrote the novel it was based on as well as the screenplay, it should be consistent in the subtext. I suppose the conclusion is that Alabama is no place to live for sane people. I mean in the 1960s, of course.