The Thin Blue Line
The film revolves around the murder of a police officer in Dallas Police, Robert W Wood. In that cases, a man named Randal Dale Adams was convicted and sentenced to death for the crime he did not commit. The film is a collection of evidences that prove Adams' innocence.
19 October 1960, Jefferson County, Texas, USA
2 January 1952, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1942
5 February 1948, Hewlett, Long Island, New York, USA
17 December 1948, Grove City, Ohio, USA
March 31, 2015
Morris was working in a dangerous middle ground between the traditional documentary and the fictional feature film, and his merging of various techniques paid off in a film of singular uniqueness in both its aesthetic approach and its real-world impact.
July 08, 2004
Accomplished but detached; you're pulled in, but you couldn't be blamed for resisting.
February 11, 2003
Furthering its genre irregularity, it employs no narration to guide the viewer, and each shot is carefully static and composed. Its central scene, even, is a fabricated element in what is largely a non-fiction film.
November 11, 2015
...engaging as a procedural and compelling as a meditation on the nature of truth.
March 23, 2015
The Thin Blue Line is one of the films that helped make documentaries a viable entertainment option for arthouse moviegoers during the indie-film boom of the 1980s and '90s.
April 17, 2001
... sets a new standard
February 13, 2006
Errol Morris' breakout documentary is immaculate.
December 22, 2006
Arguably no other film of the 1980s, fiction or non-fiction, was as significant in blurring the boundaries between what's reel and real and in demonstrating the remarkable impact a movie could have.
