“Good art doesn’t give answers it just asks the right 
questions”, so says novelist Dennis Lehane, best known as the author of ‘Mystic River’.
I’ve just seen the impressive movie adaptation of Lehane’s ‘Gone Baby Gone’ directed by Ben Affleck. Among the questions it asks are: ‘Is it right to carry out a summary execution on a paedophile and child killer or do such ‘monsters’ have a right to a fair trial?; ‘If a mother is a crack head, is it right to take her child from her without following legal procedures?’ ‘Is it ok to plant evidence to ensure you get a guilty verdict?’ Continue reading
