Thoughts on a plot extension

Sydnie 2022-03-20 09:01:10

It can't be regarded as a film review for this movie, but when I saw one of the details, I thought of something. When the police saw the reporter played by Downey talking on TV about the murder committed by the Zodiac, they were very angry because they were not sure that the earliest murder was committed by the Zodiac, but the masses believed it because "They saw this judgment on TV." What this shows is that in the 1960s and 1970s, television was extremely credible.

What I am thinking of is that in the current society, there are more channels for obtaining information, while at the same time, the cost of information production is reduced and information is multiplied. As the credibility of information from various channels decreases. In fact, this is not difficult to foresee. The truth of an event is lost in countless true and false information, and ultimately becomes unknowable. The last inevitable situation is now evident. No one knows the truth, you only know the truth you can know, and whether this truth is true or not is unknowable. In fact, if you think about it carefully, most people actually don’t care about the final truth. What they care about is their emotions when they see the event, so they become fools who can use them. They think more and can’t find out the truth, but at least they can. Eliminate many error items.

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Zodiac quotes

  • Melvin Belli: Inspector Toschi.

    [holds up bloodied shirt piece]

    Melvin Belli: It is my belief that this is a window into this man's soul. Killing is his compulsion. Even though he tries to ignore it, it drives him. It's in his blood.

    Dave Toschi: Maybe. Or maybe he just likes the attention.

  • [Graysmith visits with Ken Narlow in Napa]

    Robert Graysmith: Does the name Rick Marshall mean anything to you?

    Ken Narlow: [it does] What are you after?

    Robert Graysmith: What have you got?

    Ken Narlow: Hypothetically, you just named my favorite suspect in the whole case. This is off the record. Couple of years back, I was trying to get Marshall's prints. I handed him a photo. He looks at it. He's about to give it back and he says, "My goodness, I got fingerprints all over this." And he wipes them off.

    Robert Graysmith: Why didn't you test him for handwriting?

    Ken Narlow: Because when they finally did run his prints... they cleared him against the one in Stine's cab.

    Robert Graysmith: So it's not him?

    Ken Narlow: Maybe yes, maybe no.

    Robert Graysmith: No? What do you mean?

    Ken Narlow: Zodiac left gloves behind at the scene. If he had the foresight to bring gloves with him, how the hell's he gonna accidentally leave a print behind?

    Robert Graysmith: But it was in the victim's blood.

    Ken Narlow: Could have been one of the bystanders, or a cop just reaches out... Boom. False print.

    Robert Graysmith: But that print disqualified 2,500 suspects.

    Ken Narlow: Which is why we used handwriting.

    Robert Graysmith: But not for Rick Marshall.

    Ken Narlow: S.F.P.D. saw a handwritten sign in the window of his house, decided it looked nothing like the Z letters, so they moved on.

    Robert Graysmith: How do they know Rick Marshall wrote the sign?

    Ken Narlow: [smiles] My thoughts exactly. Rick Marshall was a Navy man. He received code training. He was also a projectionist at a silent film theater.

    Robert Graysmith: How do I get a copy of Rick Marshall's handwriting?

    Ken Narlow: Three ways. One, get a warrant; which you can't. Two, get him to volunteer; which he won't.

    Robert Graysmith: Yeah, and three?

    Ken Narlow: Get creative.