Zodiac courtesy Paramount Home Video
David Finchers Zodiac 2007 strikes me as a fascinating companion piece to last weeks DVD Tuesday pick Manhunter 1986 While both are about the hunt for a serial killer and the toll it takes on the investigators Manhunter is pure fiction inspired by the work of the FBIs behavioral science unit while Zodiac unlike 1971s Dirty Harry or the 2006 Zodiac which also took their inspiration from the case hews closely to the facts of a nearly 40-year-old unsolved caseThe killer dubbed Zodiac after a cryptic symbol with which he signed a series of taunting letters to the media and the police is credited with seven murderous attacks committed between December 1968 and October 1969 in and around the San Francisco Bay Area two victims survived and five died Zodiac andor one or more copycats played ruthless games with the police claiming dozens of victims who died or vanished both before and after the acknowledged 1968-69 spree He or they sent ciphers postca
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg courtesy Koch Lorber Films
Send your movie questions to FlickChick Question Im a great fan of your column I read it religiously every time it comes out Heres my question Ive never been all that interested in musicals I dont dislike them on principle I just never felt very attracted to them but recently I caught up with Jacques Demys The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and it completely knocked my socks off It absolutely blew me away so much so that Im ready to call it one of my favorite movies of all time I was completely hooked on its unusual format Every single line is sung and there are no big numbers like in regular musicals It made the entire movie feel like one long beautiful hymn Is there any other movie that has used this same format Or more importantly is there any other movie that has used this format successfully Oskar Sigvardsson all the way from Stockholm SwedenFlickChick This is an excellent question and one I find especially interesting in that I only caught
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