The title of "All Good Things", All Good Things, followed by (must) come to an end. The movie tells us that no matter how beautiful things are, they will eventually come to an end. It is not ironic, but a truth in the world that is easily forgotten by people. Corresponding to the old Chinese proverb, there is no permanent banquet in the world.
All the good things imply that everything is not good. There is no such thing as a prince and Cinderella living happily from now on, there is no such thing as marrying a wealthy family and becoming a phoenix. Concerns, there is no such thing as a society ruled by law, where evidence is emphasized, and Skynet is restorative without leaking. Behind every rich and noble house, there must be hidden family cups, and every glitz is made up of corruption and sin.
Good flowers don’t bloom often, and good times don’t always exist. I love to feed pigs and pick small wild flowers on the side of the road, but you want me to sell houses and collect rent. I'm psychopathic, you forced me.
I like the editing method of this film, because the editing is excellent, so the film has become attractive. Accompanied by the desolate male voice’s self-report, it is a warm and bright childhood memory, all about the happy life of mother and child. The father in this video only shows up for a while while teaching the child to drive. A bystander wearing sunglasses and sitting coldly in the background as a wallflower. After the mother left, the child's world was only dark and cold, just like the tone of the whole film.
So this tragedy was doomed from the beginning.
I especially like this opening, and the beautiful and distant soundtrack. The end of the film is also this kind of music, which brings people into endless beautiful memories. The director's narrative skills are also very admirable. The events are not straightforward, but hazy, specious, and ambiguous, gradually spreading out. There are few bloody pictures, and there are not many frontal violence scenes. There are only a few relatively abrupt scenes of violence, which are even more chilling. There is a self-report of being the old man's leading actor in court, a reappearance of the incident on the spot, and a reasonable imagination of the truth of the incident. Everything seemed clueless and disorderly tangled together, and the so-called truth pieced together was only one: the perverted rich second generation killed his wife and threw the body because of possessiveness, and then disguised himself as a transvestite and went to live elsewhere. After being threatened by a friend who knows the truth, Eli lures the old neighbor to kill his friend, and finally kills the neighbor. In the end, because he was born into a family of real estate tycoons, he is still at large and he is rich to death.
Perhaps what the director wants to express is that no matter how beautiful things are, they will eventually be torn apart by the cruelty of life. The more beautiful things on the surface, the faster they disappear and make you feel painful. Raise your head, be strong, and walk out of the shadows of the past, so that you can laugh longer.
Finally, I will share some behind-the-scenes footage about this film. After watching it, you will have a deeper understanding of the impermanence of life and the inhumanity of the world.
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To say that mistakes make classics, any movie in the previous answer is nothing compared to the one I will mention below.
The impact of the actors’ mistakes in other movies on the movies is just the icing on the cake, providing a little extra in the classics. And the "actor" error of this film occurred at the end of the film, the most important part, the achievement of the film's classic. Whether it is the sensation caused by the error of the "actor", the shock when the audience sees this error, or the impact of this error on the "actor" and related personnel, this film is absolutely unprecedented.
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Documentary: "New York Scourge"
Let’s get to know our protagonist: Robert A. Durst.
He was born in one of the most prominent real estate families in New York: the Durst family. The family’s properties include but are not limited to: Times Square 4 (where Nasdaq is headquartered), Bryant Park One (Durst Group Headquarters and Bank of America Headquarters) Location), as well as Building One of the New World Trade Center.
When he was young, Robert Durst was called to the window by his father one night and witnessed his mother's fall from a building to death, and his subsequent life was repeatedly involved in bizarre death.
1. The death of his wife
After failing to compete with his younger brother for the right of inheritance, Deste and his first wife, Catherine, had a rift in their marriage life. In 1982, Catherine disappeared after leaving their rural residence in New York. Everyone thought it was Durst's work. The police never got substantive evidence. The court ultimately failed to prosecute Durst.
2. The death of a close friend
Crime fiction writer Susan Berman is Durst’s best friend. In 2000, when investigators resumed their investigation into the disappearance of Catherine and were about to visit Susan, a possible insider, they found that she was shot dead at home. Strangely, on the day before Susan was killed, someone sent an anonymous letter to the police station warning of her death. Her death brought people's attention back to Durst again. However, despite the major suspicion, Durst was still unable to prosecute him due to insufficient evidence.
3. The death of a neighbor
In order to get rid of allegations and harassment from all parties, Durst disguised as a dumb woman renting in Texas. In 2001, he shot and killed his neighbor Morris Black, who was renting in the same building, dismembered his body and threw his body into Galveston Bay.
In 2003, Durst was accused of murdering Black. He hired the best lawyer and finally convinced the jury that he killed someone out of legitimate defense: "I didn't kill my friend, I just mutilated him." . Durst escaped to death again.
Durst's story seems to be over here, a demon so obvious has escaped the sanction of the law time and time again. With the passage of time, it seems that it is difficult for people to find evidence to confirm his murder. The rest of his life may be spent in peace. The souls of any of the three victims wander alone in the world, with nowhere to redress.
There is no way out of doubt, the story has progressed to this point, and there has been a turning point, which was caused by another movie released in 2010-"All the Good Things".
Out of a preference for "monster stories", director Andrew Jarecki put Robert Durst's story on the screen and named it "All the Good Things" ( Ironic name). Of course, Durst also watched this movie with enthusiasm as the subject. I don't know how proud Durst, as a free man, is when he looks at his perfect crime masterpiece in the cinema.
After watching the movie, for unknown reasons (maybe he thinks that the person who can make this movie is someone who knows him very well, maybe some plots of the movie are not well shot, or maybe he thinks The screening of the film may be bad for him in public opinion. He wants to face it up through communication.) Deste, who is still thinking about it, called Jericho and asked to arrange an interview with him.
Thus, there was this shocking documentary: "New York Scourge".
This documentary (of course the director is also Andrew Jerekki) uses Durst’s past life images, court trial videos, crime scene restoration, interviews with other parties, etc. and the director’s interview with Durst after being invited. Interspersed together. The film reviews the ups and downs that Durst has experienced before. It is different from the bold speculation and performance of the crime in "All the Beautiful Things". The life of Durst seen by the outside world is repeated, and all the existing evidence is re-screened, and it seems that the case can no longer be advanced.
However, Skynet was restored, and it was not leaking. A letter discovered by the crew and a habit of Robert Durst changed the fate of everyone.
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During the interview, Susan Berman's son gave the crew a letter that Dest sent to Susan in the early years. The key address was misspelled and was the same as the anonymous letter sent to the police station that year. After the crew mastered this important evidence, they once again invited Robert Durst to be interviewed.
After Jericho suddenly showed this evidence, Durst concealed his inner panic by rubbing his face with both hands.
Jericho ended the interview in due course after he achieved the desired effect.
After that, Durst said he wanted to go to the toilet. What followed him to the toilet was a miniature microphone that was clipped to his shirt before he could take it off.
After receiving a sudden blow, Durst said the following to himself in the toilet:
There it is.
You're caught.
You are right, of course. But, you can't imagine. Arrest him. I don't know what's in the house. Oh, I want this. What a disaster. He was right. I was wrong.
And the burping. I'm having difficulty with the question. What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course.
Robert Durst's habit is to mumble inexplicably between interviews. In the film, he had this situation more than once, but this time, it was fatal.
With three murder cases on his back, he was still at large, showing that his thoughts were careful and not leaking. And no matter how rigorous people are, there are times when a wolf that is good at disguising will panic the moment it is stripped of sheep's skin. The cruel killer of yesteryear was planted on a small microphone.
What the prosecutor in the court wanted him to admit countless times, 10 years later, in a cramped toilet, Durst said it to audiences all over the world. A gentle old man uttered a devilish whisper unexpectedly, causing the unsuspecting audience to instantly fall into the darkest and coldest ice cave.
Some people may ask: the subject of the question is about actors, but can Durst in a real documentary be considered an actor?
Robert Durst is definitely an actor with superb acting skills. In reality, he is acting all the time, so that when he thinks it is safe, he always talks to himself to rehearse his lies and correct his mistakes. Only At this moment he can jump out of his cover of lies and examine a true self. No one can play such a chilling modern ripper, only he himself can perform such a role.
Fortunately, he made a mistake.
On March 16, 2015, Robert Durst was charged with murder in the second degree. Currently detained in a local mental hospital in New Orleans for suicidal tendencies (according to online news).
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