Capturing the Friedmans
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Capturing the Friedmans |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2003 |
| length | 107 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Andrew Jarecki |
| production | Andrew Jarecki Marc Smerling |
| music | Andrea Morricone |
| camera | Adolfo Doring |
| cut | Richard Hankin |
| occupation | |
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Capturing the Friedmans is an American documentary from 2003. Andrew Jarecki directed and produced the film. The documentary about the American middle class Friedman family, which came into the public eye after the arrest of father Arnold and son Jesse, was nominated for the Academy Award in 2004.
prehistory
Arnold and Elaine Friedman lived in Great Neck , Long Island with their three sons Jesse, Seth and David . Arnold was a high school teacher and also gave computer courses for children and teenagers. In the fall of 1987, Arnold and Jesse Friedman were arrested. The charges were of possession of child pornography and child sexual abuse . Arnold and Jesse Friedman were sentenced to prison terms on 13 counts in 1988 for child molestation. Arnold Friedman committed in 1995 in custody suicide , Jesse Friedman was released from prison 2,001th
action
Andrew Jarecki focuses on the Friedman family in his film. He lets Elaine, Jesse and David Friedman tell their view of things in interviews. Jarecki uses old video recordings from the family's property to show scenes of a seemingly normal middle-class American family in the 1980s and uses video recordings made by David Friedman from the time of the trial. In addition to the Friedman family, the investigators also have their say.
Reviews
The lexicon of the international film wrote: "Without wanting to clarify the question of guilt, the impressive film documents the process of disintegration of the family during the subsequent process, which - according to the author's thesis - does not meet the principles of a constitutional justice at any time."
Victims' protests
After the film was released, some victims protested. They stated that Jarecki's film would omit or falsify important information relating to their cases. With his film, Jarecki would solicit sympathy for a perpetrator and present the case as more ambiguous than it is.
Awards and nominations
- Online Film Critics Society Award 2003 for Best Documentary
- 2003: Boston Society of Film Critics Award for best documentary
- Satellite Awards 2003 : Nomination for Best Documentary
- Sundance Film Festival 2003: Grand Jury Award - Best Documentary
- Academy Awards 2004 : Nomination for Best Documentary
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award 2004 for Best Documentary
- Chlotrudis Award for Best Documentary 2004
literature
- Vincent Deary: How we are. Life. An instruction. Munich 2015. pp. 64–67.
Web links
- Capturing the Friedmans in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Frank Eltman: Jesse Friedman Innocent? 'Capturing The Friedmans' Molestation Case To Be Reopened ( Memento of the original dated August 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Article in the Huffington Post on August 17, 2010, accessed January 8, 2013.
- ^ Perry Binder: Is Actual Innocence "Capturing the Friedmans" 25 Years Later? , Article in the Huffington Post on November 27, 2012, accessed January 8, 2013.
- ↑ Capturing the Friedmans in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed January 8, 2013.
- ↑ Sharon Waxman: Victims Say Film on Molesters Distorts Facts , New York Times article, February 24, 2004, accessed January 8, 2012.
