Amb el teló de fons d’espais deserts, un cineasta explora el seu documental abandonat sobre l’“assassí del Zodíac”, endinsant-se en els entremats del gènere del crim real en un moment de sobresaturació.
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Setting out with a plan of deconstructing the true crime documentary genre, filmmaker Charlie Shackleton’s “Zodiac Killer Project” certainly should get a lot of credit for the ambitious idea alone. But this intriguing concept is frustrating rather than entertaining, and the film feels more like a slow dry lecture about the mechanics of true crime documentaries than a real game changer.
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