![]() ![]() There is his grandmother, who manipulates Fielding’s emotions as a proxy battlefield from which to launch blows at his mother, an archrival. There is his mother, who physically abused him before emotionally (and literally) abandoning him. There is Fielding himself, who shows little reflection on his crime and declines to seek treatment for his problems. In the film, blame for the emotional damage that leaves Fielding remorseless for his offenses is spread thin. The access gained by James allows for an incredibly full picture of Fielding, which has the unsettling effect of blurring empathy and sympathy for the film’s central character-who is both the perpetrator of heinous sexual crimes and a victim of them. Several times in Stevie, director Steve James directly acknowledges his own ethical precariousness in making the film, and the line-straddling he does between self-professed benefactor to subject Stevie Fielding, and exploitative filmmaker. ![]()
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