Mystery author Megan Abbott has a wonderful essay on David Fincher's film Zodiac over on The Rap Sheet. I read it last night and was blown away by her insightful analysis. I enjoyed the film a lot, although I also found it frustrating. Having grown up in Northern California during the 1970s, the Zodiac Killer was something everybody knew about. Watching the film, I was fascinated to see the case (and its time and place) brought back to life -- and I kept hoping that someone the filmmakers had found an answer to the mystery. But, of course, they didn't. It takes balls to make a police procedural where the bad guy isn't caught and justice isn't served. But the makers of Zodiac did it, with excellent results.
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I happen to know who the Zodiac killer was/is:
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Posted by: Guyot | February 20, 2008 at 11:22 AM
You might also like the Slate review. They illustrate their points with clips from the film. I learned a few things I'd missed on first watching.
Here it is:
http://www.slate.com/id/2181343
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