by Clarke Fountain
synopsis
In a very personal documentary, experimental film director James Benning explores a 1981 killing in Wisconsin, which saw Laurie Bembenek, a beautiful one-time cop and former Playboy bunny, convicted of first degree murder. Featuring re-enactments of her shooting of her husband's ex-wife, and with many interviews with the lady in question, Benning considers questions of justice and law in a wider perspective - as well as the possibility that Laurie may not be guilty of the crime.
