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Into the Abyss
Documentary · 2011
We do not know when and how we will die. Death Row inmates do. Werner Herzog embarks on a dialogue with Death Row inmates, asks questions about life and death and looks deep into these individuals, their stories, their crimes.
The sides of Into the Abyss
- Werner Herzog talking to a man days before his execution
- A triple murder in a small Texas town
- Families of the victims and of the killers
Into the Abyss is good for you if…
- you like Herzog's quiet questions and the long answers they get.
- you can take a film about death with no easy comfort.
- you want to hear everyone touched by one crime, on every side.
Into the Abyss is bad for you if…
- you can't sit through grieving families and a death row countdown.
- you need momentum more than long, still interviews.
About: the death penalty · loss · guilt
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