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John Self, the extravagantly wretched man at the heart of this wonderfully funny book, is no ordinary pig. He's a monster of lustrous indulgence. Naturally, he's entering the movie business. But somehow his low cunning and bewitching awfulness make him and this novel perfectly irresistible. --By Richard Lacayo...
...Within” is an ambitious and courageous film. It is ambitious because it endeavors to engage the sympathies of a Western audience for an Islamic terrorist, and it is courageous because it attempts this feat in a political climate where terms like “monster,” “killer,” and “evildoer” dominate the discourse on terrorism. In “War,” there are no monsters. There are only men and women whom circumstance and ideology have led them to commit monstrous acts...
...serial killer in question, who has been nicknamed the “Monster of Babahoyo,” rapes, tortures and kills young boys and girls. The film begins at the funeral of the Monster’s most recent victims; Bonilla and his team have shamelessly intruded into the ceremony to gather footage of the grieving parents and conduct interviews with townsfolk...
...that will result in his release from custody: the worst malefactors from the lynch mob have been imprisoned alongside him and make daily attempts against his life. What follows is a cat-and-mouse exchange between Bonilla and Vinicio, in which Vinicio promises information about the “Monster of Babahoyo” in return for publicity. Bonilla must ultimately decide whether potentially freeing a killer is worth the celebrity that would come from running his story...
...Crónicas”’s indictment of the news media seems especially relevant in the present cultural and political climate. One has only to substitute Ecuador for Iraq, or “Monster of Babahoyo” for “Butcher of Baghdad,” to understand the very real danger presented by an unfair and unbalanced press...