American History X (1998)

ByGwyn Fisher

American History XOkay, maybe I’m 8 years late with this post. But holy crap what a film! And then some… I though Crash was powerful and complex but it seems puerile and crass next to this. Damn, damnity, damn. 5 Lulus and no mistake. Nice one, Tony Kaye, Ed Norton & co.

10 Comments

  1. Must have been on the Netflix queue for quite some time.

    Great film, but that pavement bit still makes me queezy.

  2. You know what the Mexican postal service is like…

    As you say, it has its fair share of memorable moments. Several that have you reaching for the mind scrubber…

  3. Watched it some time ago.
    Have to agree, superb cinema indeed.
    I have to admit, I wasn’t too impressed with Crash. People hyped it up to me so much, I expected a lot out of it, and it did not deliver. Oh, well.

  5. Hiya, Paul : ) I still like Crash, but this blew it out of the water. And this one came to me sans hype. Can’t decide if I like this one or Fight Club more. Different films I s’pose.

    Evenin’ Annelise, it must have been nice to have an art house cinema type thing round the corner. I saw Evita! in Edinburgh the day after New Year’s Eve in 1996/7 I think. T’was a long, long night, I couldn’t find my mates’ house and I needed to sleep. And 3+ hours snoozing while Madonna “acted” was just about right 😉

  7. It is awhile since I saw it but I remember it as very powerful and an interesting insight into the strugle of the human mind dealing with personal issues personified in hatred. I can’t think of the name right now but there was another film along the sameline based in Austrailia, which was not as good, but did deal with it from the same perspective. I will dig up the title and post you it as another comment.
    All the best,
    A

  9. i’m in world of shit but i’m alive in one piece and short and i’m not afraid….i liked dat f movie

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