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March 5th, 2008 by
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In the late fifties, Burt and Linda started something that would end in ‘crazy love’. Burt wasn’t handsome, but he was a very wealthy attorney. He owned a club and was exiting to Linda. What she didn’t know is, that Burt already was married and had a disabled daughter. She broke up after she found out. But Burt’s ego couldn’t handle this and he hired a couple of lowlifes to throw lye into her face – something like acid. “If I can’t have you, no one else will have you, and when I get through with you, no one else will want you.” This left her disfigured and almost blind. But 16 years later.. they got married. | ||||||||
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Would this have been a fictional movie, you would have said "yeah, right..", while shaking your head. But since it is a tale well documented by all sorts of media and even told by the two people themselves, this is a totally different story. If you ever read a weird article in the newspaper and wanted to know what was the real deal, this is the movie behind that story.
All this lye throwing and cheating happened way before I was born, so I didn't know anything about the story. Nonetheless, I was easily captivated by the way this happened and how these two people started to think. Most of the time you think, what is this woman doing? But there's this little light-bulb that kind of understands. Just for a minute, before it pops out again and gets too much. Cleverly edited and brought in a humorous way, this documentary is proving non-fiction can be better than fiction. Just because it's simply not fiction. Also, just for the hell of it. If you saw the last episode of Lost (in the last week of February), the 'crazy' guy on the boat is Fisher Stevens, the co-director of this movie. Just wanted to share. | ||||||||
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I haven’t had the opportunity to see this movie yet, but you are right–if this were a regular movie, with a made-up story, there is no way people would ever believe it. I almost still can’t believe it, even though I know it is a true story! Complete craziness…I can’t even begin to imagine what either one of them was thinking–ever! Can’t wait to see the movie!