8.5
... a compelling documentary that supplements the extensive Hinckley interviews with archival footage, which bolsters the narrative, and is expertly woven in, making the documentary feel, at times, like a
“Good stories,” says Neil McGregor, “find you in the most unexpected ways.” The Brisbane-based director was searching online for music for his earlier project, Growing Happiness – a doco about
Queensland's own Neil McGregor directs this timely documentary about John Hinckley, whose obsession with Jodie Foster's character in Taxi Driver drove him to an assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan. He's
… emotionally affecting …
… tantalising beauty mixed with brutality; a work of horror, a work of love, and one which eventually begs the audience to have empathy for those who are othered in