Zodiac Killer Project

Watched at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.

Charlie Shackleton has crafted a strange essay-like documentary about a tale of a movie that never existed, using both random footage around the landscapes, commentary, and archival footage to express his views and ideas about the concept. It's truly fascinating because Shackleton has created some interesting works in his career and while this one is just as experimental as his usual works, it offers a good insight to the true crime doc subgenera with a fresh perspective, and a good sense of self-awareness about it's morality, ideas, and environment.

Shackleton offers out good points about the issues with modern crime doc-genres and placing with both it's critiques and concepts together, it becomes more of a personal essay journey of reflection and cinematic making. Presented with some great visual presentations, sound designs and musical score, it becomes personal and investing. A exploration that something that will never happen, to be imagined.

Therefore, I say it's an experience.