Some Folks Call It A Sling Blade

SOME FOLKS CALL IT A SLING BLADE is a crisp, dark, stylized short about mental illness, combining cinema verite and film noir influences. The film's length and format mean you probably won't find it at your local theater, but it's well worth checking out on video.

Karl (Billy Bob Thornton) has spent the last 25 years in a mental institution for, as a 13-year-old boy, he brutally murdered his mother and her lover. Now he is scheduled for release. Teresa (Molly Ringwald) is a young, nervous, newspaper reporter sent to interview Karl for a feature on his release. She convinces administrator Jerry Woolrich (Jefferson Mays), a bureaucratic sycophant, to permit the int...