Review of Natural Born Killers (1994) by Brian R — 08 Jul 2012

An Oliver Stone masterpiece. The film argues and shows just how corrupt the media is when it crave famous criminals on the run while flaunting violence. These two famous criminals becomes an instant obsession to the American public and the media. Scary isn't it?

Orginally a Quentin Tarantino story. Stone and his co writers (Rutowski, Veloz) re-wrote the script and added all these elements that would show the dark and bizarre sides and the most sedestic. Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis are both captivating as they play the two famous criminals on a rampage. Stone does not loathe his main characters. In fact I was surprised just how fair he was by showing their painful childhoods and how they've become hurt and rejected which would feed into their personalities as Mickey & Mallory (Harrelson & Lewis) get older.

Stone and his cinematographer Robert Richardson uses all these different film stocks. 35 mm, 16 mm, 8 mm, black and white, VHS, 70's stock color, animation, film speeds, newsreels (A Stone trademark), montages and brilliant editing techniques with a perfect soundtrack made me wonder how was Stone, Richardson and his editors were able to put all this together flawlessly?

NBK is Stone's road picture and pays homage to recent films like "Bonnie & Clyde", "A Clockwork Orange" and "Taxi Driver". This film is truly a cinematic experience (yes I know it sounds weird) a film "A Clockwork Orange" wanted to be. I feel in the future film critics will see this film for what it is and perserve for future generations.