The Thin Blue Line (1988)

[Plain Old Tele]

Discuss.

[luna]

fantastic documentary that delves deep into an unsatisfactory justice system. it reveals the possibility of converging testimonies despite diverging realities. it even goes beyond that into some almost metaphysical question of why people end up where they do. this note is most clearly heard in the truly chilling final interview. also philip glass doesn't hurt when you want to feel all philosophical and mysterious.

 

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[Plain Old Tele]

It's a tremendous documentary and enormously influential on a whole generation of documentary filmmakers, not to mention it put Errol Morris on the map. A