If you dream, you will definitely dream of David Fincher. Who is David Fincher? Don't say you know me if you don't know him. The two movies "Seven" and "Fight Club" are almost my bible, and their souls, except for the real ruffian Brad Pitt, the yuppie Edward Norton, and the most devout killer in history, Kevin Spacey, are David Fincher himself His dark brainwaves and his incredible creativity.
Unlike his previous crime films, Zodiac (Zodiac Killer) is a real case, and a permanent case like Jack the Ripper. The difference is that Jack the Ripper belongs to London in the nineteenth century. When the detection conditions and methods were backward in that era, unsettled cases were inevitable; but Zodiac had modernized its fingerprints, handwriting, information communication and other methods in the 1970s in the United States, and could not find the real culprit. It cannot be simply attributed to a mysterious event. In my opinion, who has been immersed in CSI for too long, it is still unreliable to find a murderer based on fingerprints without extensive database data, inconclusive handwriting detection, door-to-door search, unreliable alibi evidence, etc. Things, if there is DNA testing and the existence of a cautious and objective scientist like old G, everything will not be such a difficult mystery. But this is also the reason why a specific era always has its specific historical story. Maybe in the future we only need to install a certain chip to telepathize each other, and crime will become an honest and honest fact.
David Finch grew up in San Francisco and experienced the panic of the Zodiac incident as a child, so when he saw the novel of the same name many years later, the flood of childhood memories made him decide to put this story on the screen again. The film is based on two novels written by Robert Graysmith, the manga editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, and the real participants in the Zodiac case: "Zodiac Killer" and "Decrypted Zodiac: The Identity Mystery of the American Nightmare" So, in the final murderer, Finch also induced the audience to accept Robert’s conjecture, but I had several different ideas when watching the movie.
1. Are the four recognized Zodiac cases committed by the same person?
In the movie, different actors are used for the four murderers, which shows that Vinci also has this doubt. At that time, the reason why the police identified the murderer as one person was that the letter sent to the magazine detailed the details of the murder, including details that the police did not disclose to the outside world, but those who have seen CSI for many seasons will know that there are still many possibilities. The blind imitation crime caused by a murderer leaking the details of the murder to another person or the imitation crime in order to avoid suspicion. In addition to unreliable handwriting judgments, there was no actual biological evidence to prove that the murderers of the four cases had actual connections.
2. Is the person who repeatedly sent letters to the magazine to intimidate is really a Zodiac killer?
Judging from the tone and technique of the sender, he is more showing off. He despises the incompetence of the public and the police. He makes a gesture of self-praising, and his complacent appearance is not very suitable for the criminal portrait of a serial killer. As a serial killer, it is really difficult to kill people indiscriminately. Killing is like an obsessive-compulsive disorder for them, but they always need a common characteristic of the victims to stimulate their sensitivity. Nervous. Including that Zodiac only sent a letter and no actual case occurred, which further proved my guess: the person who sent the letter actually only killed the taxi driver and got a bloody shirt (there were even drivers Didn’t kill them. There is a possibility of getting a bloody shirt from another source. There is no way to determine whether it is the same person’s blood stain without DNA testing of the blood stain.) He obtained the details of the previous case through other channels and sent a letter. Isn't this method another way to make yourself famous and gain unlimited vanity?
3. Does the technique of repeatedly creating panic by using magazines and media look like a journalist?
In the 1970s, famous magazines, TV, radio, movies, telephones, etc. with big sales were all used by Zodiac to create their own popularity and panic. I had a weird one in two and a half hours but it would be shocked. My own worry, I was very nervous and worried. I was afraid to look at and find out that those password letters were actually created by the reporter played by Robert Downey Jr. who participated in the case; after he fell down, I ruled out his suspicion, but Later, I was worried that this letter might have been sent by Robert himself, played by Jake Gyllenhaal (Mo...I am indeed a little suspicious). However, it is undeniable that modern media, because of their increasing public influence, has doubled the panic of some major events, or even increased it several times, and modern murderers are also more and more able to use these methods. Up. It is said that the inspiration in the first Zodiac letter also came from a film in the 1930s.
4. How did the outstanding cases arise?
In addition to the imperfect detection methods, the advancement of this clue through the police to solve the case can also be seen. The poor communication between the involved regional police stations is another important reason for missing the best time to solve the case. In addition, the case is involved. The influence of the inspector itself, such as the unstable state and inconsistent rhetoric of the old man inspecting the handwriting, is another reason that affects the detection. From this point of view, CSI is right. Let the scene speak, and let the dead speak, this is the most reliable evidence. One thing that makes the movie more unreasonable is that such a simple password letter represented by an alternative code can't be translated by the US intelligence agency itself?
The above is basically part of the analysis I got after committing CSI syndrome. Returning to the movie itself, Vinci got rid of his original dazzling image style this time and adopted the same forbearance perspective as a documentary film, but continued his usual Black images, night scenes, rain scenes, and dark corners of the city, there is a haze that cannot be dissipated even in the daytime. He began to get rid of the style of the previous genre movies. From the details of the control of "Zodiac", he is already very masterful. Although there are not many surprises, he has actually seen his changes. It is estimated that he is away from becoming an all-round director. The road is not far.
The most terrifying movie, like a horror movie, appeared when Robert went to his home while investigating the movie projectionist. In the scene where he said "My handwriting is on the poster", he spoke to Zhang Yiming in the dark basement. When the face was dark, Robert was not the only one who was scared to death. From the performance point of view, Jake Gyllenhaal and Robert Downey Jr. are both satisfied, but Mark Ruffalo, who plays the policeman who insists on this case, has created a very persistent image, plain but not plain, and very powerful. After indulging in the analysis of the case, I reviewed the movie again and found that the mystery of the unsuccessful case of Zodiac is not how perfect it is, but because it has too many imperfect doubts, loopholes and shortcomings. , And this imperfect magical power will make every obsessive person involved in it seem to be caught by this invisible net, and can't struggle to get out.
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