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Kylee 2022-08-08 19:24:56
A "story" documentary
The documentary "Thin Blue Line" is different from traditional documentaries. It embodies the typical characteristics of the "new documentary": all fictional means and strategies can and should be used to achieve their goals. After watching this type of documentary, you will understand that the...
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Therese 2022-08-08 22:08:33
A Brief Talk on the Understanding of the Shooting Techniques of "The Thin Blue Line"
The film is based on a real case in Dallas, Texas, USA. As a masterpiece of the "new documentary film", "Thin Blue Line" shows a highly stylized narrative strategy, presenting an authoritative judicial trial that is far from the truth. The director went against the traditional use of multiple...
Randall Adams
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Sam Kittrell: David thought that the one that was really at fault that night was the guy that got killed. He said, "That guy's crazy. He came after me with a gun." I told him, "David, you'd broken into his house, you abducted his girlfriend, what was he supposed to do?" He said, "Man shouldn't come out with a gun. That dude's crazy. He should have been killed."
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Sam Kittrell: In talking to David you don't ever feel hostile feelings coming from him. I have never seen David any way other than cordial, friendly to me as he could be, "Yes, sir," "No, sir," never disrespectful. So I've never seen the bad side. I've seen the results of it, and I've talked to him about it, and he's aware of the results of it - he remembers the bad side. But I've never seen him committing a crime or in a violent or volatile state.
