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 truths to inspire the audience to think about the truth, reached a rebellion and criticism of the direct film, and also changed the traditional concept of the documentary in dealing with the relationship between reality. And its inaccurate title, unclear theme, unconventional narrative strategy and strange film noir style all demonstrate the unique aesthetic characteristics of the new documentary film under the postmodernist trend. The whole film is full of black tone, and most of the scenes are characterized by low-key images formed by dark night or low-light lighting. Even interviews with characters have obvious black and white contrast. Director Morris performed an anti-traditional artistic expression on it, adopted a large number of post-modern narrative strategies, and boldly innovated traditional documentaries. Both in terms of artistic characteristics and shooting methods, they showed their uniqueness. style.
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