Thin Blue Line—Film Criticism

Clovis 2022-10-11 20:48:30

This film tells a homicide case more than ten years ago, using interviews and reproducing the facts, from identifying the suspect to the final reversal, to find out the truth of the case and let the audience go deep into it.

In a police murder case, an innocent passerby spent more than ten years in prison before regaining his innocence. The film carefully reasoned about the case, repeatedly deliberated, and finally reproduced the facts, and brought forward the negligence of the trial at that time. The audience gradually learns the truth in each interview, which is exciting.

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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.

  • Errol Morris: Were you surprised when the police blamed him?

    David Harris: They didn't blame him. I did. A scared sixteen year old kid. He would sure like to get out of it if he can.

    Errol Morris: Do you think they believed you?

    David Harris: No doubt. Must have. They didn't have nothing else until I give them something, so... I guess they get something, they run with it, you know.

    Errol Morris: Were you surprised they believed you?

    David Harris: I might have been. I don't know. I was hoping they'd believe me, you know. After all was said and done it was kind of unbelievable. But there it is. I've always thought if you could say why there's a reason Randall Adams is in jail, it might be because the fact that he didn't have no place for somebody to stay that helped him that night... landed him where's he's at... That might be the reason. That might be the only, total reason why he's where he's at today.