Review of Beaver Trilogy (2000) by Kevin N — 26 Aug 2009

A perfect example of the way in which film can be used as a weapon. Here, either in trying to make a social comment on its own destructiveness or in just being cruel, it seems to extract some kind of pleasure in humiliating its subject- a real, honest, heartfelt man by the name of Richard LaVon Griffiths.

This poor man's story is exploited and ridiculed, and his absolute enthusiasm and trust in filmmaker Trent Harris is taken advantage of and eventually raped. I enjoyed spending a strange but good humored half-hour or so with the original Griffiths, but seeing him get made fun of and beat up was not something I enjoyed or even found value in.

A hurtful project with no aesthetic or moral value.