Plot Summary:This documentary by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky details the murder trial of Delbert Ward. Delbert's of a family of 4 brothers (the other 3 being Roscoe, Lyman and William - Bill, for short), working as semi-literate farmers, and living together in isolation in a ramshackle shack, until William's death. The subsequent police investigation and medical examiner's autopsy suggested Bill may not have died from natural causes, and Delbert was arrested on charges of second-degree murder. Under questioning by police, Delbert appears to have waived his rights and signed a confession, but, it seems he might not have been competent, and was coerced into doing so. The film explores possible motives for the crime, from mercy-killing (Bill was ill at the time), to progressively more outré hypotheses. It also shows how residents of the rural community of Munnsville, NY rallied to the support of one of their own (residents previously considered the Wards as social outcasts), against what they felt were intrusive 'big-city' police and a district attorney involved in an election, who might've used the death to help bolster his candidacy.
导演不追求真相只关注情感困境，但我真的很好奇真相 orz
天然allegory，ethnography，rural against city，如果向最糟糕想还是十分变态
hillbilly法制在线 我和陪审团看法是一致的
Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky made the film not to prove guilt or innocence, but 'to reveal emotional truths about the human condition.' http://articles.latimes.com/1993-02-11/entertainment/ca-1629_1_joe-berlinger/2
如何从一个个人塑造一个群体，如何以一个群体塑造另一个群体与其出现的对立与矛盾，影片试图以小见大，反应城市化所带来的人际隔阂，但影片节奏终归是慢得吓人了。
一个现代社会的弑兄故事，纪录片真实再现。
观赏性为零的纪录片，快进10分钟看完了事
To look (listen) is to love. 道德伦理与法制的泥潭。贫苦农夫一辈子胆小内向默默无闻地生活，却因为涉嫌弑兄成为媒体电影人警察关注的对象。无罪释放后犹如重生。故事观影后班里同学大部分认为他是有罪的，即便施与同情。
纪录片真的不必只是这么拍
教纪录片的老师推崇这个，却批评细细的蓝线的叙事手法。下节课必须和她吵架！尽管要避免渲染煽情而保持中立，但也不能黑白颠倒是非不分。
主要是想看看叙事 一开场就是各路人说说说 不是很对胃口
和推理剧情片有得一拼。
另一面的美国。
Am I my brother's keeper？