Cure + Zodiac

Episode Notes

Mysterious crimes and the people who are obsessed with them. Also, mandatory darkwave jokes. People are sucking for The Cure Ending Explained. Agreeing on a premise for Cure. The so-called killer – what he does and how the role is played. Trying to work backwards from the concept of the sleeper cell. Checking in to see how science-based skeptic and resident critical-thinker Michael feels about hypnosis. The mind virus comes for us all. Sound design in Cure and the impact on the audience’s feeling. The most and least supernatural interpretations of Cure. Many audience wanted the film Zodiac to solve the Zodiac Murders. The built-in problem with all true crime, be it documentary or fiction. Zodiac as a precursor to David Fincher’s Mindhunter.

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Cure

Released: November 6, 1997
Runtime: 111 min | IMDB | Wikipedia

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Writer: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Starring: Koji Yakusho, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Anna Nakagawa

A wave of gruesome murders is sweeping Tokyo. The only connection is a bloody X carved into the neck of each of the victims. In each case, the murderer is found near the victim and remembers nothing of the crime. Detective Takabe and psychologist Sakuma are called in to figure out the connection, but their investigation goes nowhere...

Zodiac

Released: March 2, 2007
Runtime: 157 min | IMDB | Wikipedia

Director: David Fincher
Writer: James Vanderbilt
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr.

The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for three men as their lives and careers are built and destroyed by the endless trail of clues.