Natural Born Killers
Innately violent slayers
Natural Born Killers is a 1994 film directed by Oliver Stone about a couple on a violent killing spree who become media celebrities.
The title has entered broader usage to describe people with an innate propensity for violence or, more loosely, anyone seemingly destined for a particular destructive path: Those two are natural born killers on the basketball court.
- cinematographyMotion picture visual craft
- soundtrackMusic accompanying visual media
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
- editingRefining content for clarity
Woody Harrelson · Juliette Lewis · Robert Downey Jr. · Tommy Lee Jones · Tarantino · score · director · premiere
Humorous critique of journalism
- social commentaryAnalysis of societal conditions
- parodySatirical imitation
- ironyMeaning opposite to words
- critiqueDetailed evaluative analysis
mockery · sensationalism · tabloid · exploitation · celebrity culture · media circus · hyperbole · cynicism
Deliberate unlawful killing
- bloodshedKilling and wounding
- carnageWidespread violent death
- mayhemViolent disorder and destruction
- rampageViolent, destructive outburst
homicide · brutality · savagery · massacre · spree · shooting · body count · graphic
Official content restriction
- backlashStrong negative reaction
- outrageFierce moral indignation
- bannedOfficially disallowed
- NC-17Strictest film rating
morality · debate · polarizing · provocative · criticism · boycott · offensive · contentious
Films shown after dark
- fanbaseCollective devoted audience
- iconicWidely recognized, enduring
- influentialHaving considerable effect
- genre-definingEstablishes a category's conventions
quotable · stylized · hallucinogenic · visual style · avant-garde · subversive · underground · memorabilia
Oliver Stone
- cinematographyMotion picture visual craft
- soundtrackMusic accompanying visual media
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
Woody Harrelson · Juliette Lewis · Robert Downey Jr. · Tommy Lee Jones · Tarantino · editing · score · director · premiere · theater
media satire
Humorous critique of journalism
- social commentaryAnalysis of societal conditions
- parodySatirical imitation
- ironyMeaning opposite to words
critique · mockery · sensationalism · tabloid · exploitation · celebrity culture · media circus · hyperbole · cynicism · exaggeration
murder
Deliberate unlawful killing
rampage · homicide · brutality · savagery · massacre · spree · shooting · body count · graphic · gore
censorship
Official content restriction
NC-17 · morality · debate · polarizing · provocative · criticism · boycott · offensive · contentious · edited
midnight screenings
Films shown after dark
- fanbaseCollective devoted audience
- iconicWidely recognized, enduring
- influentialHaving considerable effect
genre-defining · quotable · stylized · hallucinogenic · visual style · avant-garde · subversive · underground · memorabilia · retrospective
Natural Born KillersBabe
Fond familiar name
Forrest Gump · Mary Poppins · Anne of Green Gables · Bambi · My Neighbor Totoro
Natural Born KillersTexas
Second-largest American state
12 Angry Men · Before Sunrise · Paterson · Driving Miss Daisy
Natural Born KillersSchindler's List
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