Arthur Dong, victim himself in an incident of gay-bashing, gathers up documentary evidence on several murders of homosexuals: gruesome crime-scene photos; police-interrogation video; interviews with the killers in prison. The picture that emerges is far from clear (it might be surprising, or might not, how many of the killers have had homosexual experiences of their own), and the implied culpability of professional Bible-thumpers is weakly established. (When the filmmaker, trying out the title of the movie on one of the killers, asks point-blank if the man felt "licensed," the answer is no.) But the individual cases have plenty of interest — most particularly that of the educated, articulate, HIV-positive Minnesotan of mixed race and mixed motives — and plenty of repellence as well. (1997) — Duncan Shepherd
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