Movies that try to delve into the psychology of sociopathic killers have an inherent issue that distances the work from the audience. It’s not, actually, that the audience can’t connect with a killer, it’s that the movie usually has little to actually say about the state of being a killer. Even Ingmar Bergman hit this with From The Life of Marionettes, a film that purported to delve into the psychology of a killer but ended up feeling like someone who didn’t understand killing trying to figure ...
Published on May 25, 2020 04:32