Director David Fincher candidly explains why his Zodiac movie explored the theories of Robert Graysmith while ignoring other possible angles.
David Fincher candidly explains why Zodiac explored the theories of Robert Graysmith while ignoring other possible angles on the film's infamous real-life murder case. Released in 2007, Fincher’s Zodiac offered up a gripping portrayal of the hunt for the infamous Zodiac Killer, a serial murderer who terrorized Northern California in the late 1960s and was never caught.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Fincher indeed had plenty of material to draw from when putting together his Zodiac movie, but ultimately chose the Graysmith rabbit hole to go down, leaving some in the audience wondering about all the other theories and potential suspects not covered in Graysmith’s books. Appearing recently at a Tribeca Q&A, Fincher addressed why Zodiac followed Graysmith alone down the rabbit hole, giving a candid explanation for the decision.
There was so much flak after Zodiac came out about people saying, ‘Why didn’t you go down this rabbit hole? Why did you only go down the Graysmith rabbit hole?' That’s the book that we bought. We didn’t buy everyone’s book about the Zodiac. … You have a responsibility to make sure that you are saying what you want to say because chances are they can deck you in an airport. So you want to be conscious and be smart about it.
Zodiac’s Unresolved Ending Caused A Lot Of Frustration Graysmith’s work on the Zodiac case led him to zero in on a single suspect in the killings, a man named Arthur Leigh Allen, played in the Zodiac movie by John Carroll Lynch. But rather than definitively finger Allen as the Zodiac killer, Fincher’s film sticks to the facts, putting forth Lynch’s character as a strong suspect but not the only suspect.
Fincher emphasizes in his Tribeca statements the need for remaining responsible while still entertaining an audience. While it’s true that Zodiac is incredibly entertaining as it unspools its tale of obsessive men following the trail of a mysterious killer, there’s a tremendous frustration in how everything is left hanging in the end.
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