Dakota, 12, to star in 'disturbing paedophile film'

[Ody]

Child actress Dakota Fanning will appear in a controversial new movie featuring paedophile scenes.

The screenplay calls for Fanning's character to be raped in one explicit scene and to appear naked or clad only in "underpants" in several other horrifying moments.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=396762&in_page_id=1773




Seriously screwed up!!!!!!!!!. How could ANYONE classify this repugnant idea as entertainment? :banghead3

 

[Bishka]

"In this movie, both things happen." Fanning's mother, Joy, and her Hollywood agent, Cindy Osbrink, see the movie, written and directed by Deborah Kampmeier, as a possible Oscar vehicle for the pint-size star.

I see her mother is after the best for her darling daughter.:areyoucra

 

[Ody]

HOW COULD ANY SANE PERSON ALLOW THIS TO GO TO THEATERS???

 

[Bishka]

I'm not sure, but I can tell you, I will not be seeing this. It sort of reminds me of this disgusting bulltien that has been circling myspace.

It's basically a poem about a rape, it's extremely graphic and addd to it is:

"If you don't repost this then you are supporting rape" and
" you are one sick person if you dont repost this i feel for you if this doesnt touch you because this is just wrong. read this. its disgusting ...."

No, I'm not going to repost it because it is some sick persons rape fantasy of a child and two, it didn't touch me, in the least. I'm sorry that little children get raped all the time, but this is some sicko's perveted fantasy and I am NOT going to pass it on.

To answer your question Alan, it's the people liek on Myspace who pass on those disgusting bullitiens that will go see this movie. They are supporting the rapees and not the rapists..doncha know?

:fight:

 

[almifkhar]

alan,

i am not sure how old the movie is, but my friends daughter gave me this movie called "birth" with nicole kidman. anyway i was so p***ed at what i was seeing on the screen! there was this scene with her naked in a bathtub with a boy about 10-13 years of age kissing.

you know what they say, hollywood sets the trends. i find it sick, twisted and down right wrong. something needs to be done about this.

what blows my mind is that if joe the neghibor did this and someone seen it, he would go to jail, yet hollywood actors/actresses can do this in the name of entertainment and no charges come their way. your right, something is wrong with this.

 

[Circle_One]

Almifkhar, Birth was done in 2004, just for the record.

(sorry, movie buff, I am).

 

[Sunstone]

I doubt the kid will be traumatized by filming a rape scene. Just my hunch she won't. Acting a rape is a far cry from being raped.

I also suspect the publicity this movie is getting might be engineered by it's producers to insure a big audience turns out to see what all the fuss is about.

 

[Tiberius]

That's meant to be bad, but I bet you wouldn't have anything to say if her character got shot between the eyes instead.

 

[nutshell]

I haven't looked at your links yet, but I do want to say that film (and art in all its forms) is about a lot more than entertainment.

What's the greater message or commentary about our society here? What is the director's goals? What is the viewer supposed to take away?

 

[Tigress]

Personally, I don't see what all the fuss is about. I think these kind of movies foster a greater sense of awareness about these kind of situations. If this movie were based on a [specific] real-life occurance, I doubt there would be as much uproar. Besides, Dakota appears to be a very bright girl, and as such, it's likely that she's well aware of what portraying said character entails.

 

[evearael]

This is truly sick.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

This is truly sick.

I agree. Honestly, it's hard for me to believe that it's being produced. Hopefully, the test audiences will react harshly to it in test screenings and the scene will be edited out.

 

[evearael]

the scene will be edited out.

...but it would have still been performed which is simply too much.

 

[Sunstone]

I agree with Tigress that this movie might bring attention to the issue of child sexual abuse. I also agree with Nutshell that it's very difficult to say much about this movie without actually seeing it and knowing something about the background to such things as what the director's intentions were. Frubals to both!

 

[Faint]

Personally, I don't see what all the fuss is about. I think these kind of movies foster a greater sense of awareness about these kind of situations. If this movie were based on a [specific] real-life occurance, I doubt there would be as much uproar. Besides, Dakota appears to be a very bright girl, and as such, it's likely that she's well aware of what portraying said character entails.

Good. Finally some sense on this thread.

Have any of you actually read the book this movie is based on? You can read the first chapter here: http://www.twbookmark.com/books/98/0316666343/chapter_excerpt15180.html

It's not meant to be feel-good, Disney/family "entertainment". It's a Hollywood production now, so yes it is intended to draw a profit, but if they follow the example of the book this will be a form of provacative ART that IMO is necessary and relevant in this culture where child rape happens regularly but where the mainstream media fails to give it the coverage it deserves.

I'm glad some attention is being drawn to the subject with the assistance of an A-list director and A-list actress.

By the same token, there's another film called "Irreversible" (French) that also deals with the harsh brutality of rape (the rape scene lasts something like 11 minutes). It is not enjoyable to watch, but in my case it was so disturbing and graphic that I could not help feeling complete anger towards anyone who would rape a woman. I don't think most people understand the reality of rape (children or otherwise), so it's ironic that it takes a fictional movie to bring awareness to such a reality. But regardless, if it works...it can only be a good thing.

 

[Willamena]

Seriously screwed up!!!!!!!!!. How could ANYONE classify this repugnant idea as entertainment? :banghead3

Movies today exist for more than the purpose of entertainment. They are educational, informative and in a large part responsible for shaping society. More than that, it is a huge statement made by producers on the topic. If this movie repulses enough people, if it raises awareness, if it impacts enough hearts, it could do good.

 

[Bishka]

Personally, I don't think this will bring any light to the rapees plight, it'll give ideas to sick people and just play out more sick fantasies.

If they were to actually forcus on a rapees plight then they wouldn't have a movie about a young girl getting raped. It would show none of that, that can not be theraputic at all.

Whomever is going to see, go ahead..but I for one, will NOT support something as disgusting as this ( and this isn't even from a relgious standpoint -- it's from the standpoint of moral friend of many rapees -- most of my high school friends were raped by either a guy they knew, boyfriend, etc.)

 

[Bishka]

Movies today exist for more than the purpose of entertainment. They are educational, informative and in a large part responsible for shaping society. More than that, it is a huge statement made by producers on the topic. If this movie repulses enough people, if it raises awareness, if it impacts enough hearts, it could do good.

Educating about what? Educating men about how to rape young girls? No offense, but this film looks like it will neither be educating or entertaining (except to those who like watching little girls get raped)

 

[evearael]

If this movie repulses enough people, if it raises awareness, if it impacts enough hearts, it could do good.

The cost is a twelve year old girl acting out a rape. The cost is too high.

 

[standing_alone]

I understand why people are upset, I guess, but I don't think it's that big of a deal - movies portray lots of things that are terrible. It seems funny though, that people are fine with people being killed and tortured in movies - hell, they think nothing of it - but there's a rape scene of a child and people get upset. I understand that rape is a bad thing - but it's just as bad as murder - and people don't seem to have a problem with that appearing in movies. I certainly doubt that the rape scene is going to be done in a way that encourages rape. At the least, I wouldn't go around making claims such as "it's just going to let people play out sick fantasies" having never seen the scene in question. I think that such a rape scene in a movie could cause the viewer to be appalled by the action and therefore become more concerned about the issue of child rape. However, since none of us have seen the scene, we can't really say much.

If they were to actually forcus on a rapees plight then they wouldn't have a movie about a young girl getting raped. It would show none of that, that can not be theraputic at all.

Why wouldn't it show the horror of rape? Sometimes to understand the true horror of it all, you need to see the horror. For those who have never been raped, perhaps seeing such a scene in a movie will allow them to understand and be appalled and care more about the issue of rape and want to do something about it. And anyways, it's a movie, so no one has to watch it if they don't want to, so there's no need to make it "theraputic" for anyone's sensibilities.