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Title: Anatomy of a Murder (1959) Post by: pxib on October 18, 2009, 02:35:33 PM Trailer. Seriously. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54muV-xIhIU)
I picked this up on a whim since I'd heard it was great but never seen it. Absolutely blew me away. Feels a bit long (at two and a half hours) but without a doubt the smartest, most genuinely complex courtroom drama I've seen. Rashomon without the flashbacks. A dozen unreliable narrators get sworn in and speak their piece. All we know for certain is that a soldier shot a barkeep, and that his lawyer thinks he can set him free. No "good guys", no "bad guys", no surprise twists. Not the sort of film I imagine being made today. |