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Post by pacinoyes on Jul 4, 2018 16:10:05 GMT
Devastating 4 part documentary - far more powerful and despairing than things (that I also enjoyed) like Making A Murderer or The Keepers or The Staircase - because those, while all worthwhile, are also complicated cases that you can say didn't tell the whole story - or couldn't even.
The case here is almost painstakingly direct - a young Israeli girl, is horrifically murdered, the (assumed) killer is caught, and the immediate aftermath is assessed and never strays of from the simple facts. Far clearer and easier to process than anything I've seen before at least in this kind film. The fact that this isn't taking place in the US gives it a strange sort of otherwordly, totalitarian feel - almost as if it's surreal or fictitious.
Gut-wrenching stuff that gets into the nature of the self, the human capacity for cruelty (especially episodes 3 and 4) and the shifting and elusive nature of truth.
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Post by Drish on Jul 4, 2018 19:51:24 GMT
I just finished watching it and my god that was depressing. That such people exist is both horrifying and just sad.
I was particularly impressed with the way they showed how the suspect was being "interrogated" and later, his confession in episode 2 but yeah, the next two took such an unexpected turn. Highly recommended.
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Post by getclutch on Jul 8, 2018 2:53:36 GMT
I am surprised it has not been more broadly marketed by Netflix. I think this is excellent. I am shocked and appalled that police are sometimes more focused on "closing the case" than they are in actually "solving the case."
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Post by Mattsby on Jan 11, 2020 2:37:18 GMT
Named after a Bierce quote is always a good start! "Where doubt is, there truth is - it is her shadow. "
This was very good except the first half feels drawn out, focusing on the assumed killer, showing us a lot of police footage they conveniently cut around in Ep 1.... and the examining of his innocence is awkward against the ignored fact earlier on about how the guy owned a bunch of child porn. The footage of him alone singing the Raven song is chilling. Ep 3 & 4 get really interesting as social media comes into play and the blame is dished out recklessly and curiously, and.... well, the truth is even more disturbing than you'd ever think.
I prefer The Keepers which is almost five hours longer so it's favored in detail and scope.... and those old ladies investigating on their own is quite cinematic. This also reminded me of The Devil Next Door, 2019 Netflix, which is mostly also set in Israel and covers its legal system more thoroughly and the people and that case in a really tensely complex way.
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