When Charlie Shakleton's plans for a documentary about the Zodiac killings centered around a certain book on the crime are squashed when the rights are withheld, he instead regroups and gives us an explanation of what the film would have been.
This is kind of like an illustrated lecture or illustrated podcast as Shackleton's voice over explains the things we are seeing (I would have used ia shot like this to begin the film). The film is weirdly hypnotic as we fall into his tale trying to make the film and his view of the Zodiac killings. The result is a film that echoes the work of Patrick Kiellor's Robinson films or the early work of Peter Greenaway, except that this is more or less a straight on documentary.
I was locked into the film during it's run time. Being a true crime nerd with an interest in the Zodiac case I was intrigued by how Shackleton put it all together. Additionally somewhere in the middle of the film that had this been a conventional film it would have said a great deal less with a great deal more effort.
Definitely worth your time, more so if you are a true crime nut, the ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT is one of the must sees of the First Look Fest.
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