Dead Man Walking [Blu-ray] Reviews

Director Robert Wise’s harrowing presentation of a condemned woman’s last months before her execution in I Want to Live! seemed to be the last word in execution dramas until the release of Tim Robbins’ Dead Man Walking, Could it be possible to surpass Wise’s achievement in developing an escalating emotional climate to such a fever pitch of involvement that it was almost unbearable to watch? Dead Man Walking matches Wise’s film in impact and surpasses it in stylistic construction and execution. Of course, Robbins had the greater freedom of expression by making his movie in an era far removed from the restrictions of the Production Code, but his achievement is nonetheless something of a masterwork, tremendously moving, highly personal, and hauntingly memorable.

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