The Thin Blue Line

documentary presentation) “The Thin Blue Line” "The Thin Blue Line" is the fascinating, controversial true story of the arrest and conviction of Randall Adams for the murder of a Dallas policeman in 1976. It was billed as "the first movie mystery to actually solve a murder." The film's title comes from prosecutor Doug Mulder's comment during his closing argument that the police are the "thin blue line" separating society from "anarchy". This is a re-working of a line from Rudyard Kipling's poem "Tommy"

Thin Blue Line is a thrilling documentary from filmmaker Errol Morris. In it, he chronicles the death of police officer Robert Woods and the wrongful conviction of Randall Dale Adams. The film proved to be controversial and Adams case was revisited after it premiered. He was subsequently released from prison about a year after the film came out. His innocence was maintained throughout the film in various methods. Probably the most important facet of Thin Blue Line is its’ revolutionary use of recreations

Cloverfield and Thin Blue Line were two very different films, but they could be compared in various ways. While Cloverfield was a history-based film on a sort of monstrous “terrorist attack,” Thin Blue Line was a more forensic based documentary on the death of Dallas police officer, Robert Wood. Aside from the contrast, the realist aesthetics of Cloverfield and Thin Blue Line are very similar in the topics of on-camera interviews, deep focus, handheld camera, and textual information on screen.

The thin blue line is a late 70s documentary that analyzes the murder case of the officer Robert Wood. The two prime suspects are Randall dale Adams that was found guilty and David Harris. As we can see in this documentary Errol Morris is trying to prove Randall Adams innocence by showing us persuasive evidence. The evidence that I found more persuasive were Randall Adams’s timeline, the stolen car and murder weapon, the milkshake found on the side of the road and Davis Harris background history

not commit. This is reality of wrecked system that is resulted by injustice and corruption. Ultimately, Errol Morris confirms this reality based on a true story of an innocent convicted Randal Adams for a criminal case by creating a film, The Thin Blue Line. David Harris, an important accuser, claims Adams was a murderer and shot Robert Wood, a Dallas police officer. With Morris’ suspicion of Adams’ innocence,

Morris’s The Thin Blue Line is a documentary that relies heavily on re-enactments with interview narration over top. This is intercut with talking head interviews that explain the story as it unfolded for each interviewee. I think that the building blocks of this story are the way that more of the story is revealed slowly as sound effects of what the situation might have sounded like are played along with the re-enactment. For example when Morris shows the drawn image of the victim as the cop explains

The Thin Blue Line does not conform to the standards of documentary film of its era. Instead, Errol Morris borrows from other cinematic traditions to create a film that is both informative and enjoyable. He utilizes camera and sound devices, not unlike those of a dramatic film, to weave the facts into a compelling narrative. Through The Thin Blue Line, Errol Morris proves the potential emotional impact that can be conjured when facts are presented using fiction. Errol Morris puts the viewer on-edge

a life time in jail and at the same time find the man who did it. I doubt if another documentary rings truer with regards to the voice of the documentary testifying to the character of the filmmaker, than 'The Thin Blue Line.' Something I think worth mentioning about 'The Thin Blue Line' is that Morris did not act in self-gratification to see if he was capable of persuading an audience to believe that Adams was innocent. He simply wanted to get to the truth of the matter, whatever way that might

The Thin Blue Line was a very interesting movie. I liked how the director of the movie, Errol Morris, added in reenactments of the events that happened because normally, documentaries don’t include reenactments. Documentaries are usually only compiled of interviews, and sometimes real video footage, pictures, news articles, etc. from the time of the main incident or event. I thought the reenactments made the documentary much more interesting and made it more fun to watch. I was not very fond of some

In The Thin Blue Line, directed and written by Errol Morris, he challenges our preconceptions and expectations of documentary films by showing viewers a series of lies by using cinéma vérité interviews that are in medium shot, eye level to allow the audience to make a connection to each person who is being interviewed regardless if their statements are untrue. In fact, with Errol Morris filmmaking skills in the opening credits with the text of the word “Blue” is actually in red and the non-diegetic