Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer
Documentary • R • 2003 • 1 hr 29 min
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Sad that people can do such gruesome things and sad to think that if something in her childhood was changed she wouldn’t have done this.
An interesting look at an infamous killer’s last days.
You really get to see who Aileen is. Good documentary
Decent enough documentary to show you everything you need to about Aileen
Interesting doc about a female serial killer.
Such a sad but fascinating story, and one of a woman so failed by the world and humanity, she became a monster. 10/10
Super dark, but such a good documentary.
I just ended up feeling sorry her. She had a sad life.
Rough watch, but psychologically educational.
Extremely painful but it demands to be seen.
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In this documentary, filmmaker Nick Broomfield follows the saga of Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute who has been accused of committing a brutal series of murders. Broomfield conducts interviews with Wuornos herself, and his crew films her trial as well as her interactions with religious fanatic Arlene Pralle, who gives Wuornos dubious advice and legally adopts her. The cameras also roll as the accused's attorney ignores the case at hand to negotiate a deal to sell his client's story.
British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a highway prostitute who was convicted of killing six men in Florida between 1989 and 1990. Interviewing an increasingly mentally unstable Wuornos, Broomfield captures the distorted mind of a murderer whom the state of Florida deems of sound mind -- and therefore fit to execute. Throughout the film, Broomfield includes footage of his testimony at Wuornos' trial.
