It was a friday afternoon when school was supposed to be over when I saw this film. I am happy that it was an entertaining one. From the begining, susupense was kept through out every scene. The film never gave away any hard core evidence to whom the real killer was. Some moments you think Randall is the killer, then others you think it is David. They the film plays with Randall's lack of memory, and David's lack of confession leaves you in suspense. They know if they let you out right who killed the officer, then there would be no more point to the movie.
It was also very hard to see David as a killer because he seemed like a nice kid, while Randall actually seemed more like the type who could kill and go on with his life. The movie gave a good example of how impressions are not everything.
From now on, every time I see a burger king milk shake I'm going to think of this movie.
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the scene with the Burger King milkshake will always stand out in my mind also. Errol Morris was clever to construct the re-enactments the way he did. instead of having one simple reenactment that tries to portray the truth, he shows several different reenactments. this forces the audience to choose for themselves exactly what really happened.
Yeah, morris does a good job in a lot of his films to make the viewer think and then rethink what their stance is on the whole situation the film is talking about. He does the same thing in fog of war. Most people are never going to say that americas retalliation against the japanese in wwII was uncalled for, but when macnamera tells you in detail about how many cities we bombed and how many people america killed, it makes the viewer rethink their whole notion about what is right in retalliation. He also poses the question of whehter or not our completely unproportional attack was just.
Errol Morris's treatment of the minutiae is always cool and sometimes funny, but it also contributes the the film. When the camera studies the tape player during the playback of some of the interviews, you think at first that this is just a creative way to cover for not having any visual footage to sync up with, but it also makes a statement about the mechanics of speech and then way that the story is playing out and unfolding before your eyes (while it happens for your ears).
I hate to be yet another person who just states agreement, but I am. The focus on the milkshake was amusing and definitely enhabits moments to remember.
I think it's neat, also, how the focus on the milkshake and the fact that there were different stories about such a minor point does well to make apparent the discrepencies that can occur on a larger scale.
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