Review of Into the Abyss (2011) by Art S — 26 Apr 2013
Into the Abyss a documentary written and directed by Werner Herzog. Film was shown at Telluride Film Festival in 2011. The documentary covers two person namely Michael Perry (on death-row - and Jason Burkett who is serving life sentence), who are convicted of (3) homicide in the town of Conroe (Texas).
Werner Herozog is a name for German New Wave, he has been pursuing his dream to make documentaries than feature-length movies for many years now. It is said in his interviews that he had wanted to make movie on prison-condition since 70s; but never got the chance to do so. Werner portrays the horrors of maximum-security prison and the effects of crime over families of the victims. It is dynamic in portrayal of miserable conditions of inmates, while also shedding higher light over the families of the victim who are suffering post-incident situations; how they have been coping with their grief.
Very, tense movie and excellent investigation-movie that receives help of original police-evidence footage, to present to viewers. Werner succeeds here.
This review of Into the Abyss (2011) was written by Art S on 26 Apr 2013.
Into the Abyss has generally received positive reviews.
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