The Thin Blue Line

The Thin Blue Line

  • Director: Errol Morris
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: August 25, 1988
  • Sound mix: Dolby, Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: 正義難伸
  • "The Thin Blue Line" is a documentary directed by Errol Morris. Randall Adams , David Harris, Gus Rose and others participated in the performance. The film was released in the United States on August 25, 1988.
    The film uses a semi-documentary technique that reproduces the facts to trace an unjust case of killing a police officer, and successfully unearthed the truth of the incident. 

    Details

    • Release date August 25, 1988
    • Filming locations Dallas, Texas, USA
    • Production companies American Playhouse, Channel 4 Television Corporation, Third Floor Productions

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $1,209,846

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $17,814

    Gross worldwide

    $1,209,846

    Movie reviews

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    • By Creola 2022-12-27 16:20:56

      The truth will be late but will not disappear

      Director Errol. Morris used a semi-documentary technique to reproduce the facts to track down an unjust case of killing a police officer, and successfully unearthed the truth of the incident. Let the wronged suspect get back innocence after eleven years in jail. This case occurred in Dallas, Texas in 1976. After a highway policeman intercepted a dark blue car, the driver of the car shot and killed. The police had no clue to solve the case. The 16-year-old habitual offender David...

    • By Ayden 2022-12-18 01:55:33

      The absurdity of humanity

      DAVID, with a somewhat handsome face (a bit like SEINFELD), he seems to smile when he speaks. Looking at his childhood photos, no one would believe that he was a murderer. I couldn’t help but think of Mersault in Camus’ "The Outsider". It was also an unprovoked murder. But how can I say that although Mersault was for no reason, I later explained that it was because the sun was too hot, but I It is believed that he was a person who killed to prove a higher existence (although Camus is in this...

    • By Diego 2022-12-15 01:17:03

      A misunderstood fate

      The color composition of this documentary is mainly blue, red and black; blue represents police, red represents life, and black represents darkness. Dallas Sin City.

      Dallas

      1. Contradictions

      The flashing police lights are not only the foreshadowing of the text, but also the fuse. Contradiction: Who is the...

    • By Linnea 2022-12-14 02:36:37

      American version of "Today's Talk"

      1. After reading the first impression, what kind of narrative rhythm is this, put it in "Today's Talk", about half an hour. But then again, this is a classic mountain-watching work of scene reproduction documentaries, which was quite difficult more than 20 years ago.
      2. I can't help but condemn the author of the subtitles. What kind of subtitles are these? There are typos all over the place, and the unsatisfactory translation makes people feel riddled with holes. However, if it were me...

    • By Mina 2022-12-11 14:32:18

      Blue knitting thread

      Today I finally resisted laziness and started writing. I really like neatness and formatting, here more of a classical pieces instead of stereotype, speculative, temperamental, I really like the deep silent blue inside, just like watching a historical painting by David, harmonious and orderly. Very storytelling.

      We need stories, we also need to tell stories, this is my recent experience, both are equally important. So in my opinion, every interviewee is an...

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    • By Michele 2023-09-30 20:27:48

      30 minutes to reproduce the...

    • By Melody 2023-09-11 14:17:34

      Reconstructing memories and scenes, movies that describe past events, the kind that solve legal crimes. No subtitles, no understanding. ....

    • By Emilio 2023-08-14 01:00:24

      Regardless of the way this documentary was filmed, its social influence has long been doomed to legend. The mistakes of the police and judicial authorities not only resulted in unjust cases but also allowed the real murderer to go unpunished. More than ten years later, a documentary will be used to prove innocence and make people So...

    • By Orie 2023-08-06 15:09:40

      Williams [Mirror without memory] I only feel that I have seen the predecessor of CCTV's 12 French popularization program. The stylized silent record melodramatic rehearsal technique. The truth that the movie can present is relatively hierarchical and accidental Morris used It is the debunking of fictitious lies and constructing a competitive real ideology and ideological choice relative to the accidental real...

    • By Harley 2023-08-02 16:25:51

      At the beginning, I really only cared about how the film was told, not what it said, but in the end it managed to grasp the introduction of the event itself. The stylized directing technique, the taciturn director who seems to be the listener but is actually the guide, can indeed ensure that the film has a richer and more three-dimensional realism than the direct film. Although there are renditions and fictions, its premise is that historical texts cannot be equated with history itself. By...

    Movie quotes

    • Edith James: The reason they were talking to the police at all was that there had been a three-day running knife fight in their apartment.

    • Floyd Jackson: David didn't have a conscience. If I do something bad I think, "Shucks, I shouldn"t done that, I feel bad about it." It didn't bother him. It didn't bother him at all.

    • David Harris: [asked if Randall Dale Adams is innocent] Did you ask him?

      Errol Morris: Yes.

      David Harris: What did he say?

      Errol Morris: Well, he's always said he's innocent.

      David Harris: There you go. You didn't believe him did you? Criminals always lie.