Oliver Stone’s take on a Quentin Tarantino story was reasonably expected to contain heavy doses of violence, but no one expected its (alleged) influence to blow over into the real world.
Natural Born Killers is one of the most infamous movies of all time.
Banned in several countries around the world, it is a piece that has contributed heavily to the debates on the ethics of presenting violence on film.
It reignited a long-standing question on media and its effects: do violent movies directly influence real-life violence? To say yes is extremely reductionist, but the copycat criminals that tipped their hats to the movie were not helping fan the flames of an ever-raging debate.
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