Sling Blade | Eastern NC Now

This tiny independent film is an enigma. It is also one of the ten most important indies in the last 25 years for one reason: It could not have survived, and prospered without its singular visionary.

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    This film is all about Billy Bob Thornton's Karl Childers: the way he talks, his pregnant pauses, his voice is the rumbling motor of this story: Above and below.


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    I have seen this film at least four times, and I uncover a fresh layer of insight as to who Karl Childers is and what he represents. Or maybe ... I just like way he talks.

    Rated R. Released in theaters in 1996.

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