The function of the killer and watching him - whatever that says about the world in which we live - it was always more about that world than it was about the actual watching.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
'The Killing' has a really great combination of qualities: Even though it's very sad and deals with mourning and grief, it's still exciting. It's about real people and it doesn't shy from the painful points of life.
Television audiences are ruthless - look what happened to 'The Killing.'
The why of murder always fascinates me so much more than the how.
The more real the murder is, the less interested I am in seeing it. It's hard enough to watch the news.
We used to flock to watch gladiators, public torture and executions. In more recent times, our appetite for mortal violence has been sublimated in sports, photorealistic video games, film and literature.
After all, every murderer when he kills runs the risk of the most dreadful of deaths, whereas those who kill him risk nothing except promotion.
People may assume 'The Act of Killing' is a historical documentary about what happened in 1965. But our purpose was to expose a present-day regime of fear for what it is.
When someone dies instantly, then I think the well of grief and disbelief all mixed in with it is unfathomable. And when murder is involved, that just takes it into a whole new place. There is an extra dimension you just can't compute or deal with.
I'm not sure whay I've been drawn to this subject, except that murder is a subject that has always drawn people for as long as people have been telling stories.
The most important issue for the killer is the ability to get a victim easily and successfully.