There still hasn't been a definitive fictionalization of the Charles Manson story, probably because it's one of those cases where the terrifying non-fiction trumps the fakery. But people keep trying ,and if anybody's gonna take a stab at it
then it might as well be the incredibly talented two-some who gave us
American Psycho - director Mary Harron and screenwriter Genevieve Turner have adapted the book
The Long Prison Journey of Leslie van Houten: Life Beyond the Cult, which is actually not about the 1969 murders or even as far as I can tell about Manson himself, not directly anyway - it's about the friendships between a grad student and three of the "Manson Girls," and her process in helping to de-brainwash them. This sounds like a much more interesting angle, doesn't it?
Of course my second thought, after "Yay Mary Harron!" was to wonder if John Waters is a character in the book - he's been friends with "Manson Girl" Leslie van Houten for a very long time and has spoken at length about how he believes she's been rehabilitated and how she should be released. I'm more interested in who'd play him than in who'd play Charlie Manson, honestly. (thanks Mac)
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