A Wilderness of Error

Some good points, but not nearly enough time spent on the forensic evidence. The entire case was resolved through forensic science, which proved Macdonald committed the crimes. Endless rambling on Helena Stoekley distracts from an otherwise fascinating documentary.

This film needn't have been made if Errol Morris didn't write the book, but he did. I am relatively sure he wrote it with good intentions. I watched The Thin Blue Line and I still think (not believe but THINK), that he really saved an innocent man from "old sparky".

Since then he has squandered the opportunity to ask anything interesting when interviewing high profile war criminals (Robert McNamara & Donald Rumsfeld), in favor of letting them tell their baloney unchallenged in a way that the New York Times and the rest of the liberal establishment could cope with and in turn balonify upon in their retrospective of their own history.

Narrative only has its power when it is constantly being crammed down our throats. Truth doesn't need all that much effort to see.

MacDonald did it. Helena Stoeckley is a red herring. It was good seeing my old director (the polygraph examiner). I don't know what the deal is with Errol Morris.

Rest of series, episodes 3 & 4 are mere, useless padding, only there to make money by stretching out the series. Episodes 3 & 4 are full of red herrings, e.g., woman in floppy hat.

Morris is more than a little annoying with his BS about "narratives," a worn cliche that. He adds little.

He sure has declined from his former glory, e.g., Fog of War, Vernon Florida, etc.

This is a good documentary if you are interested in finding out the facts of the McDonald family murders. The intention from Errol Morris was to exonerate Jeffrey MacDonald but it backfires. If anything this documentary proves that he did commit the murders. The laughable question from Morris is what would the motive be for Jeffrey Macdonald to kill his family. Duh, it might be because he married young and before he is thirty he will be the father of three children and he didn't want the responsibility. I honestly think that Errol Morris has lost a few marbles in his old age.