‘Karla’ Causes Controversy In The Great White North
The words ‘Canadian’ and ‘controversy’ aren’t often put in the same sentence. Aside from our federal politicians, we’re a pretty boring bunch as far as scandalous stories and breaking news go. But one thing guaranteed to cause a ruckus nation-wide is the mention of several high profile crimes that shock, appalled, and gripped Canadians for years on end.
So when someone decides to make a Canadian movie called ‘Karla’, you don’t even have to ask who that is. Karla spelled with a ‘K’ means only one thing in the realm of infamous Canadians, and that’s Karla Homolka. Hers, and husband Pauls Bernardo’s, horrific roles in the murder of schoolgirls Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy, make them (sadly) some of the most recognizable figures in history. News that Montreal’s Christal Films had decided to make a movie had a lot of people up in arms, even over a decade after the crimes were committed, but the studio has gone ahead with production and the film is scheduled for release on January 20th, 2006.
The Ottawa Sun ran an article about how the sensitive nature of the content had caused the studio to take special care in how the film was promoted and marketed. For example: the film will be advertised on television, but will not be trailered in theaters; plans for a premiere have also been scrapped; and the film will not be shown in St. Catherines, Ontario, where the murders actually took place.
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