2015 · crime · drama · history
True Story
Directed by Rupert Goold1h 39m2015
A drama centered on the relationship between journalist Michael Finkel and Christian Longo, an FBI Most Wanted List murderer who for years lived outside the U.S. under Finkel's name.
Our read: True Story (2015) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded crime · drama · history entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured crime / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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