Amanda Knox, an American citizen, has criticized the association of her name with the Hollywood movie 'Still Water'. He says that any kind of relationship is an attempt to use his story without his consent in which all the notoriety will be his.
According to the Associated Press (AP), Matt Damon, a well-known actor in the movie 'Still Water', is playing the role of a father who goes to France to fight his daughter's case, who lives in Marseille, France. Sentencing girlfriend to death. The film manages to entertain as well as inform. Amanda Knox's name was not used anywhere in the film, but the filmmakers said in various interviews that the idea for the film came to them after seeing Amanda Knox's story.
Who is Amanda Knox? Amanda Knox's name became the subject of global media headlines in 2007 when a British citizen, Marriott Crutcher, was murdered in her room in Paraguay, Italy.
Police suspect Amanda and her then-boyfriend. Both were initially convicted in the case. But his sentence was later overturned by Italy's highest court in 2015.
SEE ALSO: The 10 Greatest Hollywood Movies on the Afghan War Criticizing the use of the name, he said that the mythical aspect of his story is like a conspiracy story in which he has been convicted.
"Does my name belong to me?" He wrote. Do I own my face? What about my life? My story Why is it that my name is used to remember events that I did not have a hand in? ”
She said she was saying this because people were still taking advantage of her name, face and story without her consent.
He added: "Tom McCarthy has shown me a face that is not only guilty of falsifying my innocence, in which I am not asked at all about the events, but of erasing the role of the authorities in my wrongful punishment. It is not even credible. ”
"That's why people still know this scandal as the 'Lewinsky scandal,'" he said. I could make decisions more freely.
So far, 14,000 people have retweeted his tweet on Twitter and 65,000 people have liked it.
In response to his Twitter thread, a series of tweets, people are expressing solidarity with him, while also writing not to watch the movie 'Still Water'.
Journalist Josh Steinberg writes that this series of tweets is very important as it sheds light on the words that reporters use, and clarifies the ways in which movies show these people in their story, and its It has a profound effect on their lives. While they had no role in how they are portrayed.
According to the AP, during the film's release at the Cannes Film Festival last month, Tom McCarthy said that Amanda Knox's case was helpful in the initial idea of the film, but, according to him, more than that. Not related to the case. He said he wondered how he would feel if this happened to his own daughter.
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According to AP, Amanda Knox has been cited in articles in many magazines and newspapers as reviews of the movie "Still Water". These include the Associated Press. The film is set to release in the United States on Friday.
According to the AP, studio Fox Feathers, which released the film, did not respond to emailed questions from the agency until Friday.
[Content from the Associated Press in compiling this report].
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