With the headline - capturing success ofSerialandThe Jinx , it ’s the perfect minute for Errol Morris — whose 1988 doc The slight Blue Line helped overturn a wrongfully convict adult male ’s living sentence — to re - enter the true crime genre via a six - part docudrama serial publication for Netflix .
Morris , who make headway an Oscar for The Fog of War , let a ( very ) few detail slip in an consultation he yield in conjunction with The slender Blue Line ’s Blu - ray release next week .
Speaking withBusiness Insider , he pointed out that he ’s never really left lawful crime behind , with labor like 2010 doc Tabloid and 2012 Koran A Wilderness of Error . ( The latter is about convicted manslayer Jeffrey MacDonald , and claim a different approach to the case than the originative reliable - law-breaking volume written about it , Fatal Vision . )
Alas , he was rather vague about the particulars of his Netflix series :
When asked if the current six - part Netflix serial he ’s ready was [ true crime ] he reply , “ That , yes , has an element of true criminal offense in it . Yes indeed it does . ”
He would not go into particular about the serial , only to say that an announcement was forthcoming .
We ’ll be waiting to get wind more on that !
Post - Netflix , Morris ’ next task will be Holland , Michigan , his first narrative film since 1991 ’s The Dark Wind . It ’s been in the kit and caboodle for awhile ; inthis2013 article it ’s described as “ a suburban thriller lace with black temper . ”
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