This was finally released on DVD, but only dubbed in English. They only used American actors to do the dubbing, so everyone in 1888 Whitechapel has an American accent. The plot has some interesting points. It takes place AFTER the last Ripper murder and is the only film I know that deals with the possibility of Kosminski as a suspect. I would have much preferred an original German version with English subtitles.
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Jack the Ripper: The London Slasher
(2016 TV Movie)
Strange dubbing
23 October 2017
Warning: Spoilers
Not wild about this.
2 June 2015
Warning: Spoilers
I enjoyed Jon Krakauer's 1996 book, "Into The Wild," (itself an extension of a magazine article called, "Death Of An Innocent," that he wrote for Outside magazine). I enjoyed Sean Penn's film, based on Krakauer's book, and I have enjoyed other documentaries I have seen on the odyssey of Chris McCandless. This documentary, however, spends little time on Chris's adventures and instead seems more concerned with promoting the various books that the McCandless clan have written and giving us insight into their dysfunctional family. Given its brevity, it might have been better to place this vanity project as a DVD or Blu-ray "extra," rather than giving it a standalone release.
The Presidents' Gatekeepers
(2013 TV Movie)
Disappointing
13 September 2013
I was very disappointed with this documentary. Lots of jump-cuts and other dated attempts at looking "hip." 95% form and 5% substance. PBS does this kind of thing so much better. The Discovery Channel should stick to Bigfoot and UFOs in the future. They squandered a wonderful opportunity here. The NYT was spot on in their review. "What is on paper a tour de force of access filmmaking makes quixotic and lumpy and directionless use of that access. The film jumps eras willy-nilly, and never settles on a narrative of how the role of chief of staff has evolved over the years. There is no one way to do the job — there's the cheerful grace of James A. Baker III, or the mercurial flamboyance of Rahm Emanuel — but there is little reflection on what approaches have been more successful than others. This film is content to have done the heavy lifting in hooking its subjects for bluntly filmed talking-head interviews — anything more is gravy. "
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