If you haven’t seen it yet, this is your chance.
Whether podcasts, true crime series or Netflix series like Dahmer with Evan Peters, serial killers are always a topic of conversation. But true masterpieces are rare in the genre, where they often only deal with these themes in lurid ways and without any real support for the victims.
But Zodiac (2007) by David Fincher is considered one of the best audiovisual works in the history of cinema. This thriller is two hours and 50 minutes long and has been available on Max for some time.
The film is about a murderer on the loose in San Francisco. He sends countless letters to a newspaper commenting on his murders. The team of journalists, formed by Paul Avery (Robert Downey Jr.) and Graysmith (Jake Gyllenhaal), believe every word of this murderer and become obsessed with the case. Detective Dave Toschi (Mark Ruffalo) and attorney Melvin Belli (Brian Cox) join them. Thus begins a decade-long investigation.
David Fincher filmed Zodiac 12 years after Seven. But different from Seven, Zodiac is based on the real Zodiac killer, who killed five people between 1968 and 1969. Since then, he has kept the police and the authorities busy. true crime fans since today the identity of the Zodiac killer is still unknown, the same one who only left a cryptic message that has not yet been resolved.
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But the film is not about the murderer himself, but about the media fever he unleashed. Robert Downey Jr. and Jake Gyllenhaal’s characters break down in their exhausting search for an apparent ghost. Time and time again they seem to be just inches away from capturing him. The film torments its characters and its audience with constant uncertainty until they end up with goosebumps.
