American History X [Blu-Ray] [Import]

Love this movie, prices people can change, hopefully before tragedy... A must see if you can stomach the violence.... Thank you MLKJ!

I love this movie because it shows what the consequences can be for being intolerant and racist. It’s truly just that simple. Everyone needs to see this movie.

Really enjoyed this. I’d watch it again!

Worth the watch

This movie is not for the faint of heart. It is emotional, disturbing, moving… will definitely make you cry. A glimpse into how racist ideals and the American prison industry impacts prisoners as well as the people close to them

Is not the original intro to the movie.All and all though it is a great story on how life is and how it can change

Edward Norton gives a rip roaring hyper intensified performance as a nazi-like skinhead that hates anyone that isn't white. This changes when he's arrested for killing a black person in the streets and is befriended by a black guy in jail that keeps him safe and awakens his mind. Edward's transformation from evil to good is mind blowing because of his performance. When he's released he's a completely different person and many around him are either stunned in amazement or turned off. We know the ones turned off were the white supremacist's that had looked up to him.This film is almost Shakespearean in a modern day kind of way. It's poetic and philosophical and works because of Edward's performance, but he's also surrounded by some brilliant supporting players that enable him to do a great job. He's forever praised those guys from Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo, Elliott Gould, Fairuza Balk, Guy Torry, Jennifer Lien and Ethan Suplee. They all did a good job bringing this disturbing, yet ultimately transformational story to life.This was the first Edward Norton film where he was #1 on the marquee and movie poster. Before that he had blown movie goers away with his debut in Primal Fear as a convicted killer, then sang to Drew Barrymore in Woody Allen's Everyone Says I love You, then played the lawyer to Hustler founder Larry Flynt in the People Vs. Larry Flynt. American History X would solidify his status as a leading man that is also an incredible actor.Trivia: He met with Francis Ford Coppola to audition for one of his films as another lawyer in the John Grisham adaptation of "The Rainmaker" which later went to Matt Damon, but that was only because after Coppola listened to Norton's labor of love project American History X, he said, "You have to do that movie. If you do that, no one will be able to touch you or typecast you again." He ended up being right, since this is one of Norton's iconic performances that garnered him an Academy Award Nomination. He should've got the Oscar though, but it was another politically correct awards season.

One of the most powerful film dramas ever created. Follow the story of Derrick Vinyard, a brilliant but troubled young man who falls into the white supremacist movement in Venice Beach, California and quickly rises through the ranks to become a leader. But after serving a three year prison sentence for killing two black men who had tried to steal his car, Derrick emerges as a new person on a mission to distance himself, and his younger brother Danny, from the racist lifestyle he had helped to create. Exactly how this transformation took place is slowly revealed through a series of flashbacks, culminating with a brutal act of betrayal at the hands of those he counted as friends and his salvation through the people he'd always cast as enemies.Edward Norton (as Derrick) is superb in American History X, rightly receiving an Oscar nomination for the role. Supporting actors Edward Furlong (Danny), Beverly D'Angelo (the boys' mother), and Avery Brooks as Dr. Sweeney (the boys' high school teacher) also shine. Really, though, it all comes down to the superb writing and directing which paints a believable portrait of how a couple of otherwise bright young men can be sucked into such an illogical viewpoint of hatred. An early scene depicting a basketball game played between Derrick's skinhead followers and a group of black gang members is exceptional: even while your mind recoils from the neo-nazi tattoos and racist epithets thrown about by the white hoopsters it's difficult not to feel a certain amount of triumph as they prevail against the odds. Listening to Derrick spout off cherry-picked statistics and tired arguments in favor of his racist views you begin to understand the appeal a movement like that can have for aimless youths despite your own incredulity at the words pouring out of his mouth. This is a film which forgoes blatant preaching in favor of simply demonstrating the end results of such misguided anger, and one which will have a significant impact on its viewers.There are criticisms to be leveled: some of the scenarios are contrived to put it kindly, many of the secondary characters are poorly developed (if at all), and the ending comes about 20 minutes too late while ditching much of the subtlety showcased throughout the run time in favor of a sledge hammer approach. None of these detract from the beautifully fleshed out primary character of Derrick, nor from the superb portrayal offered by Norton, and certainly they do not diminish the overall worth of the picture.

A voir absolument 10/10🙏

Un excellent film avec d'excellents acteurs mais dont certains passages sont réellement difficiles à regarder. Ce film est objectif sur ce qui se passe tous les jours dans certaines communautés et en prison. Dur comme la vie de certaines personnes...et le changement radical de vision du protagoniste principal est non seulement plausible mais parfaitement réaliste. Un très grand film à ne pas mettre sous tous les regards. Je le recommande vivement quand-même !

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Finalmente trovato in edizione bluray questo film che guardai anni fa da ragazzo in tv

Excellent buy