Much as I admire Zodiac, as you can see here, my gut instinct while watching it is that it might be too arty for the blood crowd and too bloody for the art crowd. This excellent piece confirms my initial reaction.
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No, Zodiac's even better than that, and it's not even that bloody. Can we talk about that late scene in the basement, and how Fincher's using the conventions of a serial killer movie to just further his point about the divide between truth and a good narrative?
Posted by Adam B. | March 9, 2007 12:09 PM
Posted on March 9, 2007 12:09
You're right, Adam, it's not that bloody, something that cannot be said about "300." I like your interpretation of the basement scene, which was a reproach to a similar sequence in Spielberg's "War of the Worlds." For me, that basement represented subterranean desires that are repressed is so-called daily life.
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