
One of the great films of its genre

This "Director's Cut" of the magnificent crime procedural "Zodiac" by David Fincher honors just how this chilling, frightenly detailed expository on the serial killings which cover several decades was made. The film itself has perhaps five minutes added to its length, but most of that is extended scenes that were already in the original. The balance of addition is a long music score (while the screen is blank) where music from the periods move from mono to stereo to 5.1 sound to show the development of the audio industry during the period of the film. Interesting, but it adds nothing to the story. However, the Director's commentary of the making of the film and why he was drawn to the material is as intriguing as the drama. I couldn't stick through the second, and silly, commentary by some of the actors. The second disk however is as valuable as the film itself. Not only does it bring additional facts and characters to the drama through several documentaries, but the sections on the amazing use of the Viper digital camera used in this film is about as mind-blowing as the period of 1970's in San Francisco. If you love how films are made, don't miss this. If you love mystery and detective stories, don't miss this.
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