Zodiac Commentary

Marshall 2022-04-20 09:01:09

It's like you walk slowly from the sea to the sea, there is no high tide, but you will be slapped by waves of evidence and clues, and you will eventually be submerged in nowhere.
All clues are listed to the audience, letters, notes, passwords, interpersonal relationships, evidence, and even the crime process and crime scene are all restored one by one. According to the most complete method and time sequence, it is not only the need for narrative, but also brings us a strong sense of participation. Deep in it, like two newspaper reporters.
Perhaps the appeal of the story comes from the uniqueness of the case. It is rare to have so many clues, but at the same time, there are so many murderers who can connect with these clues. Who is ZODIAC? Or what exactly is ZODIAC? Is this a case like "The Laughing Man"? Stand Alone Complex.
Maybe the truth is within 50 yards. But you can't prove it. So it's not true.
Just feel like you missed a clue, a stolen cryptography book in the library. Couldn't their suspicions be further established based on who served in those places? Passwords must be a major feature of ZODIAC, and even if someone fakes it later, the original inventor must have been inspired by library books. Then the suspect who served there must most likely be the original ZODIAC.

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Extended Reading
  • Nico 2022-03-26 09:01:01

    1. Jack Gyllenhaal is my favorite actor, and David Fincher is my loyal director. Both of these are already five stars. 2. It's not easy to make a documentary movie. It's great to be so thrilling and thought-provoking. 3. It looks like this is a peculiar case, but in fact, it is a process of spinning. What you get out is the patience and perseverance of people. What you see is a hollow onion that has been peeled off layer by layer, and you have been stunned for a long time.

  • Malvina 2022-03-23 09:01:12

    The plot development is methodical, but it is also prone to procrastination. The narrative skills are more perverse than the original, less arrogant and subversive. Compared with the "Seven Deadly Sins", the film is not much more entertaining or ideological. Compared with the same type of "Memory of Murder", it is also slightly dwarfed. Looking forward to Brother Fincher's continued efforts, at least should retain his own unique style.

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.