Film Clips: Can 'Lake of Fire' Play to Both Sides of the Abortion Debate?

Published: October 8, 2007, 12:02 pm

Tags: 2008 elections, abortion, blue state, focus on the family, lake of fire, lakeoffire, pro choice, pro life, red state, redstate, tony kaye

Filed under: Documentary, Independent, ThinkFilm, Movie Marketing, Politics, Oscar Watch, Columns, Film Clips, Toronto International Film Festival, Religious, Cinematical IndieOver on The Hot Blog, David Poland has the weekend box office numbers up, and the one thing that popped out at me, probably because I just saw and reviewed the film last week, is that Lake of Fire, which opened at Film Forum in NYC this weekend, did not do nearly as well as might have been expected. There's some discussion in the comments on Poland's post speculating on the whys and wherefores of the film's less-than-stellar opening, the main gist of which is that either the film did not appeal to people because no one wants to see the abortion process on a big screen while they're munching their popcorn, or because the film doesn't take a side on the abortion issue, and people who are passionate about it on one side or the other do not want to see the other side treated fairly.I pondered this for a while this

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