Director: Benjamin Meade
Cast: James Ellroy, Christopher Leo, Justin Daniels
A clear line exists between a cinematic mass murderer and a real serial killer.
Fiction pales in the face of real horror and the documentary Bazaar Bizarre exposes that line with a portrait of a killer more disturbing than Freddy, Jason or their ilk. Combining interviews, archival footage and re-enactments, director Benjamin Meade exposes the mundane neighbor with an inhuman compulsion. It's powerful stuff and, I must admit, I had some difficulties reviewing this film. It's well made and quite effective, so much so that I found myself walking to a local bar simply to drown out the experience with a few pints and the company of an anonymous crowd. Sitting at home alone after watching this film felt akin to letting an open wound fester.
The film opens in 1988 during an average Saturday afternoon in Kansas City, Missouri. It's Easter weekend,...
Cast: James Ellroy, Christopher Leo, Justin Daniels
A clear line exists between a cinematic mass murderer and a real serial killer.
Fiction pales in the face of real horror and the documentary Bazaar Bizarre exposes that line with a portrait of a killer more disturbing than Freddy, Jason or their ilk. Combining interviews, archival footage and re-enactments, director Benjamin Meade exposes the mundane neighbor with an inhuman compulsion. It's powerful stuff and, I must admit, I had some difficulties reviewing this film. It's well made and quite effective, so much so that I found myself walking to a local bar simply to drown out the experience with a few pints and the company of an anonymous crowd. Sitting at home alone after watching this film felt akin to letting an open wound fester.
The film opens in 1988 during an average Saturday afternoon in Kansas City, Missouri. It's Easter weekend,...
- 6/5/2011
- by Chris McMillan
- Planet Fury
Bob Berdella. Does the name ring a bell? I know it didn’t for me. But for Kansas City, the name meant something vile and totally evil. To most, Bob Berdella was the guy who owned a weird booth at a flea market, who dealt with trinkets from around the world. But to a select few men, he tortured, raped, killed and hacked them up and put them in trash bags for the garbage men to take to the dump. He was a despicable man, but one that hasn’t reached the status of a Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer or John Wayne Gacy.
And that’s what Bazaar Bizarre attempts to do to this serial killer you haven’t heard of. The title refers to Bob Berdella’s shop at a flea market in Kansas City. He would sell trinkets from around the globe, telling the people he traveled to acquire them all.
And that’s what Bazaar Bizarre attempts to do to this serial killer you haven’t heard of. The title refers to Bob Berdella’s shop at a flea market in Kansas City. He would sell trinkets from around the globe, telling the people he traveled to acquire them all.
- 4/19/2011
- by James McCormick
- CriterionCast
A look at what's new on DVD today:
"Back to the Future: 25th Anniversary Trilogy"
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Released by Universal Home Entertainment
Yes, we're finally getting the footage of the original Marty McFly, Eric Stoltz, for the first time, but for many simply having the hi-def version of Robert Zemeckis' time-travel franchise will be good enough. Commentaries, deleted scenes, a full-length documentary and much, much more come on this new set of the trilogy.
"Alien Anthology"
Directed by Ridley Scott, James Cameron, David Fincher, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Released by Fox Home Entertainment
While not as much of an upgrade over its previous DVD release as "Back to the Future," the Blu-ray update of the four "Alien" films worth owning now boasts isolated scores for each film, all of Ridley Scott's sketches for the first "Alien," the uncut documentary of David Fincher's ill-fated "Alien 3" as...
"Back to the Future: 25th Anniversary Trilogy"
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Released by Universal Home Entertainment
Yes, we're finally getting the footage of the original Marty McFly, Eric Stoltz, for the first time, but for many simply having the hi-def version of Robert Zemeckis' time-travel franchise will be good enough. Commentaries, deleted scenes, a full-length documentary and much, much more come on this new set of the trilogy.
"Alien Anthology"
Directed by Ridley Scott, James Cameron, David Fincher, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Released by Fox Home Entertainment
While not as much of an upgrade over its previous DVD release as "Back to the Future," the Blu-ray update of the four "Alien" films worth owning now boasts isolated scores for each film, all of Ridley Scott's sketches for the first "Alien," the uncut documentary of David Fincher's ill-fated "Alien 3" as...
- 10/26/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
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