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The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain - (2019)
Police in America, again. What makes the killing of Ken Chamberlain so egregious is the fact that the three police officers that were sent to his apartment were there for a welfare check. That's right - they were sent to see if he was okay, and ended up busting his door down and killing him. To understand how this happened, you have to go through the events like we do in the film. Kenneth refuses to open his door for the police, shouting to them that he's fine, and cancelling a medic-alert that he'd accidentally activated. The cops though, to make this a nice clean report they can write up, want to check him out themselves. The longer he won't open the door, the more frustrated they get. Pretty soon one of them says he reckons he's holding a prostitute hostage in there (??) - Kenneth is talking to himself, and obviously has psychological problems. The cops scare him, and he deems it his right not to let them in if they have no probable cause - which sounds right. The one sane police officer among them is berated and ignored - and as usual the cops get more and more agitated, angry, forceful, and determined. When they finally break his door down, they enter this guy's place (remember, they were initially just checking on his health and welfare) with shotguns and pistols drawn, riot shields up, and in a hail of noise, shouting, tasering and eventually gunfire. Ken is unarmed and terrified. This really happened - and if a nation ever needed police reform it's the United States, where many departments have become fully militarized. The movie is fine - nothing to write home about, and simply functional.
6/10
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The Worst Person in the World - (2021)
Rewatch. Joachim Trier's latest movie is a touching portrait of a young Norwegian woman's emotional journey trying to find where she fits and who she is - always mindful that the road not taken might be a choice she regrets. Renate Reinsve won Best Actress at Cannes for her delicate portrayal of Julie - unsure of who to be, and mindful that having children might close off every other avenue available to her. Does that make her the worst person in the World? Funny, insightful, well-written and warm, this was one of the really good films of '21 and shows Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt hitting a real peak creatively.
8/10
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