someone should write a fuckin' book, that's for sure.

saturday night we watched the film zodiac which i thought was fantastic. i'd heard mixed reviews on it, and remember my brother being disappointed after seeing it on opening night.

i loved it, though.

perhaps it is my interest in the serial killer psyche, or in long process criminal investigations. or perhaps it is the mystery, the puzzles, and the unknown.

this film is about obsession, which is also something of interest to me, and about how something can consume a person's life completely.

i think, more than anything, it is about human behavior and reaction, something that the director david fincher (se7en, fight club, panic room) is quite an expert at portraying.

jules and i both really loved it, and ended up talking for quite some time about serial killers and criminal investigations; both of us agreeing that it would be near impossible to deal with a case such as the zodiac killer and maintain any normal life. how could you? would you not just lie awake in bed going over the details and possibilities, over and over again?

this film has such a stellar cast, with so many cameos that after awhile i felt like if i blinked i might miss another keen actor's amazing performance.

also, it always makes me happy to see robert downey, jr. acting, growing as an actor, and just being alive and among us still. it does my heart good and keeps my belief going that anyone can overcome addiction if they want it bad enough. i was always rooting for him to recover, and not be lost like so many other talented artists.

i just read an article that likened the zodiac case to an american jack the ripper, and how there are calls almost daily with people's theories on the murders. i think i would like to read the book now, as well.

zodiac