I watched these six episodes completely, and then I watched related reports and subsequent programs of various TV stations, such as a documentary made by NBC, until I felt that my knowledge reserve could contribute some ideas to this topic. Re-tuned to watch All good things (a movie with the character in the incident as the background a few years ago, BOBBY agreed to the interview with the JINX documentary after watching this movie). The actors are okay, but the plot is not exciting, and the box office is also surprisingly bad, I fell asleep when I watched it before). What impressed me the most was the breakthrough in the documentary that embodies the consistent modernity of the HBO series, specifically the artistic rhythm. The new factual evidence provided by the film that you have said, in fact, after careful analysis, it can be said that there is not much significance as a court testimony. The significance of the film is to reflect the all-round shaping of the material, spiritual and cultural aspects of society by American capital over the past 30 years through a cross-section.
Most people who are concerned about American justice are aware of this case. Durst is a strange man, but a freak of American capitalist society. Incompatible with the wealthy house, the wife of Cinderella who married Cinderella disappeared, and his confidant was shot in the back of the head, killed and dismembered the neighbor, but exonerated with justified defense. The story of durst lasted for more than 30 years but never ended. Naturally, it has a selling point as storytelling. There are many reports in the relevant print media and TV and film media.
Jinx also did it with the team who had been involved in this case for many years. Fortunately, I avoided a lot of familiar statements and directly interviewed some key people. For example, the host and the unprepared brother Bobby exchanged greetings at the banquet, which was not available in previous interviews. The rhythm is very good, but the six episodes are not redundant, the music is good, and it can be seen that the production is costly. The plot is shrouded in detail, the humanity is displayed in a reasonable but unexpected manner, the photography skills are good, and the composition of the picture is worthy of professional research. As a documentary is remarkable.
What doesn't like this film is that it is too subjective and will give the audience the illusion that they are smart. Through a lot of side-knock, let the audience establish some logical relationships subjectively and construct a cause and effect, but the evidence through editing, if carefully analyzed, is not reliable in reason and law.
At this point in this case, the possibility of finding key pieces of breakthrough evidence is very slim. The last episode of this documentary (or rather the last two episodes) does not seem to provide overwhelming evidence from a legal perspective, and some are just sensational and conjectured relevance. One piece of evidence is the similarity of the handwriting of the two letters. This evidence is too small and can easily be refuted by other handwriting experts. Finally Bobby said killed them all in the bathroom. There can also be more than one explanation, which is not a problem for lawyers with a little brain. What's more, Bobby was able to hire a lawyer with an ultra-luxury lineup. I believe he can escape again this time.
However, Bobby's case can reflect the degree of alienation of human nature by American capitalism, which is also the great significance of Jinx's film. Bobby is difficult to characterize, but starting from the question of "what capital can bring to him from birth", one can see the possibilities and limitations of capital and contemporary society. A better translation of the word JINX I think is "broom star". It means that the person who brings bad luck, in fact, it is his birth capital that brings bad luck to Bobby. But is capital not his shining lucky star?
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