Monster

Titolo originale: Monster
Regia: Patty Jenkins |
Anno: 2003
Origine: United States of America | Germany |
Generi: Crime Dramma
Tag: death penalty | prostitute | rape | sexual abuse | motel | based on true story | murder | betrayal | serial killer | poverty | prostitution | heartbreak | mental illness | woman director | female serial killer |
Cast: Charlize Theron | Christina Ricci | Bruce Dern | Lee Tergesen | Annie Corley | Pruitt Taylor Vince | Marco St. John | Marc Macaulay | Scott Wilson | Rus Blackwell | Tim Ware | Stephan Jones | Brett Rice | Kaitlin Riley | Cree Ivey | Catherine Mangan | Magdalena Manville | T. Robert Pigott | Romonda Shaver | Glenn R. Wilder | Elaine Stebbins | Kane Hodder | Christian Stokes | Lyllian Barcaski | Nonalee Davis | Bubba Baker | Al | Cannonball | Chad Vaccarino | Gene R. Stephenson | Jesse Stern | Billy Boylan | Jim R. Coleman | Chandra Leigh | Lori McDonald | Adam Brown | Ed Donovan |

La storia vera di Aileen Wuornos, una prostituta condannata a morte per sei omicidi e giustiziata in Florida nel 2002. La donna, si dichiarò colpevole, appellandosi però alla legittima difesa. I media americani la definirono "il primo serial killer donna" e la etichettarono come "mostro". Premessa: Charlize Theron merita, a meno di soprese clamorose, il premio quale migliore attrice della Berlinale. Perchè la sua è senz'altro una performance fisica che le deve essere costata non poco anche sul piano psicologico ma è soprattutto un esercizio acrobatico senza rete. Perché sarebbe bastato un nulla a lei, alla regista esordiente Patty Jenkins e alla co-star Christina Ricci per trasformare le vicende reali di questa coppia lesbica parzialmente on the road nelle gesta di due novelle Thelma e Louise del crimine.

Frasi

Selby: I just wanna live, Lee. I just want a norma [...] D
Aileen: People always look down their noses at hoo [...] D
Aileen: "All you need is love and to believe in yo [...] D
Will: You wanna call me "Daddy" while I fuck you, [...] D
Aileen: Life is funny... it's hard. But it's also [...] D
Aileen: [Aileen has reluctantly forced a man into [...] D
Aileen: [both characters break down in each other' [...] D
Aileen: I'm not a bad person. I'm a real good pers [...] D
Vincent Corey: [moves on Lee] Hold on, hold on. Su [...] D
Lawyer: Right, let me make sure that I have all th [...] D
Restaurant Manager: [Selby is smoking at a restaur [...] D
Bartender: The bar's closed. Aileen: Then do you [...] D
Aileen: In my life, it has always been the harmles [...] D
Aileen: [points to the bartender] You owe me chang [...] D
Aileen: "Love conquers all." "Every cloud has a si [...] D
Selby: We can be as different as we wanna be, but [...] D
Selby: Thanks Lee. Aileen: No problem. [pause] [...] D
Aileen: So where's your friends? Selby: Well... U [...] D
Aileen: [after being sentenced to death] Thank you [...] D
Aileen: Fuckin' office job! Who the fuck wants a j [...] D
Aileen: So I made a deal. I said God I gotta spend [...] D
Aileen: Everybody just thinks I'm this bad shitty [...] D
Aileen: I loved her. And the thing no one ever rea [...] D
Aileen: I heard that Marilyn Monroe was discovered [...] D
Aileen: [recalling when she was about to kill hers [...] D
Aileen: I was beautiful like a diamond in the roug [...] D
[first lines] [narrating] Aileen: I always wante [...] D
Selby: [angrily crying] Why did you quit hooking? [...] D