The Last King Of Scotland - a rational madness that killed thousands
Posted on September 10th, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
The Last King Of Scotland _ Kevin Macdonald
(BBC Prize Review)
Something deeper than race, and more disturbing, lies at the heart of this chilling film. Masculinity, machismo, male dominance was the raw uncivilised force that drove the history and fuels this fictionalised account of Idi Amin’s Uganda.
Deeper because ethnicity and colour divides human beings into a [...]
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