地狱之火

Ever since Roe v. Wade, the United States has been deely divided on the issue of abortion. In that landmark case, an unmarried regnant woman was refused an abortion in Texas and, with the ensuing judicial challenge, won American women the right to safe, legal abortions. Ever since, roonents and oonents have lined u on either side of the issue, launching verbal abuse - and worse - at each other. As the religious right has increased in size and ower in the ast decade, the issue has become even more divisive - and violent.Filmmaker Tony Kaye, best known for quot;American History X,quot; has been working on quot;Lake of Firequot; for the ast fifteen years and has made a film that is unquestionably the definitive work on the subject of abortion. Shot in luminous black and white, which is in fact an endless alette of grays, the film has the erfect esthetic for a subject where there can be no absolutes, no #39;right#39; or #39;wrong.#39; He gives equal time to both sides, covering arguments from either extremes of the sectrum, as well as those at the center, who acknowledge that, in the end, everyone is #39;right#39; - or #39;wrong.#39;With grahic images of termination rocedures and their aftermath, Kaye endeavors to show abortion#39;s hysical and sychological reality - to make clear what exactly is at stake. quot;Lake of Firequot; - the film#39;s title comes from one erson#39;s descrition of what awaits abortionists in hell - is a ave film, even a monumental one. And whatever you believe now, you are certain to think differently after seeing it.