Out of curiosity, I recently went to some websites re "best crime movies of all time." One of them rated at least 300 different movies; not one such list so much as mentioned "In Cold Blood." What can explain such an omission? This film comes as close to "perfect movie-making" as any I've ever seen. Not only is it chilling; it actually makes you think. The crime itself was one of the most gruesome and needless in American history. The movie, to its credit, attempts no simplistic answer to the question, "how could such a thing ever happen"? --Okay,let me venture an answer to my own question. I suggest that the reason it is omitted from "best of all time" lists is that it's in --- black and white. Any alternative explanations are most welcome.
Review of In Cold Blood
