Review of Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) by Caryn James for New York Times — 19 May 2003
This intelligent, revolting, artistically made and entirely empty look at a murderer comes close to a cinema of pure technique. It is profoundly disturbing, even more for the questions it raises about the use of film than for the mutilated bodies that litter the screen.
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This review of Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) was written by Caryn James and published by New York Times on 19 May 2003.
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer has generally received positive reviews.
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