Zodiac (2007)
Country: US
Technical: col/2.35:1 157m
Director: David Fincher
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jnr, Brian Cox, Chloë Sevigny
Synopsis:
A cartoonist at the San Francisco Chronicle becomes obsessed with the Zodiac killings during the 1970s, and seeks the aid of a crime reporter and a police detective to further the investigation.
Review:
Exhaustively detailed case history, looking at what happens to a man's family life when he lets his obsessions get the better of him. The only trouble is that as likeable as the three actors are in their roles we do not really get close to them as characters, since the narrative rarely settles down in one place long enough to generate any drama. None of which is to say that it isn't brilliantly made, but Seven it ain't, and the wistful similarities are all too apparent. Also, the documenting titles are absurdly small for viewing other than on a big screen.
Country: US
Technical: col/2.35:1 157m
Director: David Fincher
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jnr, Brian Cox, Chloë Sevigny
Synopsis:
A cartoonist at the San Francisco Chronicle becomes obsessed with the Zodiac killings during the 1970s, and seeks the aid of a crime reporter and a police detective to further the investigation.
Review:
Exhaustively detailed case history, looking at what happens to a man's family life when he lets his obsessions get the better of him. The only trouble is that as likeable as the three actors are in their roles we do not really get close to them as characters, since the narrative rarely settles down in one place long enough to generate any drama. None of which is to say that it isn't brilliantly made, but Seven it ain't, and the wistful similarities are all too apparent. Also, the documenting titles are absurdly small for viewing other than on a big screen.
Country: US
Technical: col/2.35:1 157m
Director: David Fincher
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jnr, Brian Cox, Chloë Sevigny
Synopsis:
A cartoonist at the San Francisco Chronicle becomes obsessed with the Zodiac killings during the 1970s, and seeks the aid of a crime reporter and a police detective to further the investigation.
Review:
Exhaustively detailed case history, looking at what happens to a man's family life when he lets his obsessions get the better of him. The only trouble is that as likeable as the three actors are in their roles we do not really get close to them as characters, since the narrative rarely settles down in one place long enough to generate any drama. None of which is to say that it isn't brilliantly made, but Seven it ain't, and the wistful similarities are all too apparent. Also, the documenting titles are absurdly small for viewing other than on a big screen.