Great footage, laughed until my sides were sore. Also confirms suspicions that these guys suffer from some heavy traumatic stress after the cameras stop rolling. Funny but sobering, in a good illuminating way.
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Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes 2021
As a stark indictment on the climate that allowed a serial murderer to operate unbothered, Nilsen Tapes shares a devastating kinship with another Netflix crime doc, The Ripper.
The delivery system finds a rhythmic sweet spot, oscillating between the Nilsen tapes and the accounts of investigators. It’s interesting to see where the stories diverge.
On the lawman side of things, it’s a unique case in that, with a serial killer and unidentifed remains in front of them, they had to backwards-engineer their investigation to trace and name the victims. Most dread-inducing are the accounts of the near-misses and escaped survivors.
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Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer 2021
When doing true crime docs, it’s always good to present the viewer with a general grasp of the culture and climate surrounding the crime. It’s what makes the awful police response to the Yorkshire Ripper murders understandable (not forgivable, but understandable in a cause-and-effect sense); Netflix’s The Ripper works well to highlight the victims and to highlight the fact that the killer could have been caught far sooner had it not been for an explicit bias among both law enforcement…
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Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself 2020
While performing, Spencer Tracy used to occasionally hit his marks by explicitly incorporating them into his mannerisms. He’d shove his hands into his pockets, shuffle towards the target, and take a beat or two to regard the spot on the floor upon his arrival before continuing with his delivery. The mark itself wasn’t visible in the frame so onscreen, the whole event appeared unique and profound. But behind it was a simple, practical ruse.
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