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The Living Force
I’m surprised there wasn’t any review for this six-part documentary. It is an absolute must watch for anyone interested in psychopathy.
In 2010, filmmaker Andrew Jarecki made All Good Things, a fiction movie inspired by Robert Durst’s wife’s disappearance. Robert Durst, a real estate heir, had been a suspect in the 1980s in the disappearance of his wife Kathie and had also been the subject of a manhunt several years later for another murder for which he was acquitted.
Having seen Jarecki's fiction movie inspired by his life, Durst called Jarecki, wanting to tell his side of the story. Jarecki agreed. (For those not familiar with him, Jarecki is the filmmaker behind Capturing the Friedmans)
Spoiler alert
The documentary consists of 6 episodes of interview with Durst, with the victims’ families, with attorneys. Jarecki tries to reconstruct the whole story or rather the whole stories as the plots gets more and more convoluted with each episodes. When he began filming, Jarecki 'thought that Durst was innocent but he did not know that he was guilty either'. But as filming progresses, Jarecki is forced to acknowledge that what he has in front of him is a cold-blooded murderer.
What makes the documentary even more interesting is that Durst is not exactly a highly intelligent psychopath. What has saved him so far are his family’s money and his top-notch lawyers (the excerpts from the trial alone are worth seeing: hearing his lawyers' request that the jury concentrate of only some part of the murder story is certainly a great illustration of the farce the 'justice' system actually is. Another must see is witnessing how psychopaths can wow a jury with their humor and 'glibness' - and Durst does not even that much of those!). Probably knowing that Durst is not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer, his lawyers advised him not to do the interview but psychopaths will do what they will do. Durst thinks himself in control, blabbers, puts himself in danger without even realizing it. During the interview, Durst seems to be making efforts. Efforts to lie, to remember, to keep his narratives straight? This provokes some sort of tension in him. And when Durst is in that state, he starts talking to himself. And during a toilet break, in a dramatic turn of events, he forgets that the microphone is still on and actually acknowledge the murders!
A first degree murder warrant has since been issued against Durst. Evidence could be provided by the HBO/Jarecki team that the police was not in possession of beforehand (which is more than a little disconcerting).
In 2010, filmmaker Andrew Jarecki made All Good Things, a fiction movie inspired by Robert Durst’s wife’s disappearance. Robert Durst, a real estate heir, had been a suspect in the 1980s in the disappearance of his wife Kathie and had also been the subject of a manhunt several years later for another murder for which he was acquitted.
Having seen Jarecki's fiction movie inspired by his life, Durst called Jarecki, wanting to tell his side of the story. Jarecki agreed. (For those not familiar with him, Jarecki is the filmmaker behind Capturing the Friedmans)
Spoiler alert
The documentary consists of 6 episodes of interview with Durst, with the victims’ families, with attorneys. Jarecki tries to reconstruct the whole story or rather the whole stories as the plots gets more and more convoluted with each episodes. When he began filming, Jarecki 'thought that Durst was innocent but he did not know that he was guilty either'. But as filming progresses, Jarecki is forced to acknowledge that what he has in front of him is a cold-blooded murderer.
What makes the documentary even more interesting is that Durst is not exactly a highly intelligent psychopath. What has saved him so far are his family’s money and his top-notch lawyers (the excerpts from the trial alone are worth seeing: hearing his lawyers' request that the jury concentrate of only some part of the murder story is certainly a great illustration of the farce the 'justice' system actually is. Another must see is witnessing how psychopaths can wow a jury with their humor and 'glibness' - and Durst does not even that much of those!). Probably knowing that Durst is not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer, his lawyers advised him not to do the interview but psychopaths will do what they will do. Durst thinks himself in control, blabbers, puts himself in danger without even realizing it. During the interview, Durst seems to be making efforts. Efforts to lie, to remember, to keep his narratives straight? This provokes some sort of tension in him. And when Durst is in that state, he starts talking to himself. And during a toilet break, in a dramatic turn of events, he forgets that the microphone is still on and actually acknowledge the murders!
A first degree murder warrant has since been issued against Durst. Evidence could be provided by the HBO/Jarecki team that the police was not in possession of beforehand (which is more than a little disconcerting).
