Dir: Alexandre Moors
2013
***
Alexandre Moors's 2013 drama Blue Caprice is based on the true story of the Washington Snipers. Instead of dealing with the shootings themselves, Moors removes us from any of the gratuitous violence and deals specifically with the motive, or lack of in this case, and looks into the background history of the two murderers. There is something particularly eerie about this film, not only because we know what the outcome is but because of the sinister pace and feel of the direction and the performances. Moors and the two leading actors never try to proclaim the reason as to why the two men committed such acts but merely suggest. However, there is a very big gap in the film whereby the viewer is left with only their own assumptions, I don't believe this is the art of subjectivity in action either, I think it is just a little bit of lazy film making. However, the mood, performances and tasteful way everyone involved approached the story are all commendable and are worth investing 90 minutes of your time for.
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