The Thin Blue Line (1988)
Documentary investigating the 1976 murder of policeman Robert Wood in Dallas, Texas. Randall Adams was convicted of the crime and sentenced to death, after 16-year old David Harris blamed him for the crime. But filmmaker Errol Morris pursues the question of who was in fact responsible for the crime.
Genres: Documentary, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Directed By: Errol Morris
Written By: Errol Morris
Starring: Randall Adams, Gus Rose, Jackie Johnson, Marshall Touchton, Dale Holt, Sam Kittrell, Hootie Nelson, David Harris, Dennis Johnson, Floyd Jackson, Edith James, Dennis White
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1. 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (public: moderated by kozan26 - 186 stars)
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8. Rotten Tomatoes - over 95% (public: moderated by Pickpocket - 23 stars)
9. The Guardian's 1000 films to see before you die (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 23 stars)
10. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2012 revision) (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 23 stars)
11. National Film Registry (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 22 stars)
12. Criterion Collection (Blu-ray) (public: moderated by epiphany - 17 stars)
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18. Sight and Sound 2012 (public: moderated by DavidB - 12 stars)
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20. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2017 revision) (public: moderated by dookobore - 12 stars)
21. Best film of top directors (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 11 stars)
22. True crime (public: moderated by djross - 7 stars)
23. Criticker top 250 (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 5 stars)
24. Sight & Sound Greatest Documentaries of all Time (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 5 stars)
25. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2007 revision) (public: moderated by Scottathon - 3 stars)
26. BFI Screen Guides' 100 American Independent Films (public: moderated by Coheed - 3 stars)
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31. Time Out's 50 Best Documentaries of All Time (public: moderated by theficionado - 1 star)
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Morris' patient and meticulous storytelling--his dramatic use of print, his breathing interviews, his multi-angled crime scene recreations--is something to behold in and of itself, even if the actual story has since been lapped in terms of sheer shock value by newer true crime sagas.
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The Thin Blue Line, rightfully regarded as one of the most important documentaries ever made, also boasts a visually striking undercurrent that only helps to push its crucial message.
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I'm hesitant to express admiration for a murderous psychopath, but David Harris is truly captivating. There's an incidental profundity to some of the things he says, as if he's a character in a Coen bros movie. The Philip Glass score is similarly spellbinding.
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The Thin Blue Line, rightfully regarded as one of the most important documentaries ever made, also boasts a visually striking undercurrent that only helps to push its crucial message.
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Beyond its thorough accounting of an horrifying miscarriage of justice, The Thin Blue Line is a testament to the ability of documentary to be every bit as cinematic, as gripping as fiction. Morris shows that he's capable of far more than simply filming talking heads.
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Great documentary that set the standard for what has become one of the best documentary niches. A good documentary is only as good as the real life tale underneath and, here, the tale is great.
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[MMWTM3K#18] The fact that it was used to make wrongly convicted man free is actually more interesting than the film itself. Two guys hang out, one murders a policeman and the wrong one gets framed into murder due to law enforcement laziness and negligence. Well sucks for him, but there's no great story in here, so in the end it isn't much of a cinematic experience. But keep in mind that I'm not interested in crime docs in the first place.
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Patience, research, listening - these are the skills Morris uses to free an innocent man and methodically craft a work that shows there is a definitive truth waiting to be known, as long as one works hard enough to find it. The Glass score turns this into a elegiac meditation on justice and fairness. Incredible that even without the Interrotron, this work is as powerful and personal as his later work. An inspiring piece of documentary film, to say the least.
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