Review of For The Thrill Of It
This story takes place in Chicago in 1924. Two teenagers, both well educated and both from wealthy families, decide to commit what they believe will be the perfect crime.
This story takes place in Chicago in 1924. Two teenagers, both well educated and both from wealthy families, decide to commit what they believe will be the perfect crime.
The film uses a mixture of interviews, graphics, animation, and archival footage to weave an interesting story. The archival footage is especially put to good use. There are clips from movies by Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, both admitted steroid users. There are clips and interviews with professional athletes like Ben Johnson and Carl Lewis. The film covers the use of steroids in professional sports as well as the Olympics. But they also compare steroid use with other forms of performance enhancement.
Nanking is the true story of what happened in 1937 when the Japanese invaded China. If anyone ever questioned the need for a strong military, they only need to watch this film.
While the theme of the movie is about our government’s use of torture as a matter of policy, the storyline that is used to illustrate this policy concerns an Afghan taxi driver by the name of Dilawar.
This is an HBO film about heavyweight champion Joe Louis. This film is similar in content to the Ken Burn’s film Unforgivable Blackness, which was about the first black heavyweight boxing champion – Jack Johnson. Joe Louis’s story takes place nineteen years later.
I’m calling this picture Water, Sun, & Clouds. To get a high resolution copy, click on the image then right click and select save.