Should movie-makers profit from violent crimes?

[ForeverAutumn]

I realize that this board doesn't usually get controversial, but I have to ask this question. Should movie-makers (or anyone for that matter) be allowed to profit from violent crimes? I'm refering, in particular, to the movie Karla.

This has become a very sensitive issue in my corner of the world. The crimes depicted in this movie happened less than an hours drive from where I live. The man eventually convicted for the crimes that this movie is based on, was also convicted for many rapes (double digits) that terrorized a neighbourhood in my city, for years prior (I doubt that the movie gets into that, since it seems to focus on the female half of this duo). People here were outraged when it was discovered that a movie was being made from these events. The film was supposed to debut at the Toronto Film Festival. But that created such an angry frenzy that the producers moved it to the Montreal Film Festival. After pressure from the public some the sponsors of the Montreal Festival threated to withdraw their support if the film debuted there, and so it was pulled from there also.

It opened in theatres here today. Most of the people that I've talked to won't go to see it, myself included. I know that a lot of the difficulty that the film is having here is due to the proximity of the crime. We lived the fear and anger first hand. And while I understand that the story in itself is so sensational that it just begs to be a movie (in fact, if it were just a movie and not based on real life, you could almost believe that it's too unbelievable to ever really happen), it pains me to think that there are people out there profiting from the rape, torture and death of three young girls (one of them was Karla's younger sister!!!!!!).

So, what's your view? Should movies based on true crimes be made to tell the story no matter how gruesome and no matter who gets hurt by the ongoing media attention (in this case the families of the victims are devastated)? Should movies such as this not be made in order to protect the families of the victims? Should there be a waiting period in force before movies or books about crimes can be released? Perpetraters themselves are not allowed to profit from their crimes...should other people profit?

Are you planning on going to see it? (I promise not hold it against you if you are)