Amanda Knox was acquitted of murder, but people keep using her story as a cautionary tale without consulting her. The story of Amanda Knox dominated headlines from 2007, when she was accused of murder, until 2015, when she was acquitted. This tragic saga was never over, as the media took facts or instances from Knox's life and used them to inspire sensationalized TV shows, movies, and books. Knox is now 34, and a journalist as well as a writer. She took to Twitter this week to call out the new Matt Damon and Tom McCarthy movie, Stillwater, for using details about her life and case without even talking to her. In that thread, and on her website, where she wrote a post, Knox explains, "This new film by director Tom McCarthy, starring Matt Damon, is 'loosely based' or 'directly inspired by' the 'Amanda Knox saga,' as Vanity Fair put it in a for-profit article promoting a for-profit film, neither of which I am affiliated with." Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Friday, 30 July, 2021