This was an early effort by the master of the uncomfortable. This guy has made a career out of making audiences squirm...skillfully, of course.
Benny is a modern teen monster...video-obsessed, cold, affect-less. He watches violent videos, murders a girl his age...apparently just to watch her die...and we watch the way his parents deal with this nightmare.
This is as hateful a portrayal of our contemporary media-focused lifestyle ever put on film. The film itself is laced with crude video footage which puts us in the same position as charming Benny.
This film help put him on the international map for better or worse. Powerful. Abandon all hope ye who have entered here...
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