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This time, the Americans again focused on the murder.
Two female directors, Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi, from 2005 to 2015, took 10 years to film and produce "Making a Murderer". After Netflix was broadcast, the film became popular all over the world, with celebrity statements, mainstream media reports, and 130,000 petitions to the White House official website...
In the 1980s, the protagonist Steven Avery was unjustly imprisoned. 18 years later, he was found innocent due to DNA testing and was regained. free. He decided to sue the local police station and the prosecutor's office, and demanded 36 million US dollars in compensation.
The good times didn't last long. In 2005, he was arrested again for murder, and all the evidence was directed at him. After experiencing various confrontations in court, the jury came to the final conclusion: Steven was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.
The plot that sounds like an American drama actually happened in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA.
Directors Demos and Ricciardi tried to present the puzzle of events and contradictions from the inextricable images, interviews, and recordings.
They said that they are not here to provide answers to questions, but hope that after experiencing all this, they will ask questions to the public and the government judicial system.
| Unexpected origin
In November 2005, the "New York Times" published a report titled "Freed by DNA, Now Charged in New Crime".
Demos and Ricciardi, who were still studying film at Columbia University at the time, realized the conflict of positions in the report-Steven demanded huge compensation from the faulty judicial system, and the relevant departments arrested him for murder.
Demos and Ricciardi originally planned to follow the filming for half a year or a year or so, but when the filming entered the fourth month, a sudden press conference changed their minds.
"At that time, we were packing our luggage and preparing to go back to New York, but suddenly received news that law enforcement was about to hold a press conference. During the previous four months of investigation, they had never spoken out. We don’t know why they did this. All Everyone keeps a high degree of attention."
The directors decided to move to Wisconsin. In this case, you will not miss every trial, you can do various interviews on previous cases, and browse through various archived documents.
The public and the government know that they are there.
| The soil of the Open Record Act
Wisconsin provides the necessary soil for their filming-shooting and recording can be done in court, and the Open Record Act allows them to search for various materials, and watch and use the video when censoring suspects.
Demos and Ricciardi were exposed to sunlight. They cooperated with the media and appeared in court hearings and press conferences. But they are like the unknowns in the equation. Some people are subconsciously alienated, and some are curious about them.
Of course, the government is not happy to see their presence, and even tried to hinder filming.
Ricciardi mentioned in the media:
"The government tried to subpoena us in 2006, so we hired a lawyer. The government wanted to know about Steven’s recordings or what people said in connection with the murder. We refused. The government’s approach is a bit like phishing. All of Steven’s phone recordings and visits by relatives and friends are recorded. The government is just looking for reasons to stop us.”
| Questions with no answer
Steven Avery is still in custody.
The records of Demos and Ricciardi are still in progress.
They will continue to tell this story.
"We are not here to tell you the answers to your questions, we are just here to present what you have seen and ask questions."
"When the public sees these first-hand materials, they know the operating process of the judicial system. Assuming the same thing happens to themselves, They will think more about the judicial system."
Netflix finally took over "Making Murders." Previously, HBO also aired "The New York Scourge" which focused on the unsuccessful murder case. And when we were eating these documentary dinners halfway across the globe, some Chinese netizens sighed:
"The American emperor knows that its system is not perfect, but it never quibbles its own mistakes, never whitewashes. It never fears to expose its scars to the world. It never prevents people from hearing the horror. Accurate restoration of the case".
In addition to the judicial system, perhaps this film will give Chinese viewers more thoughts.
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