Of Dolls and Murder (2012)
70 min
Before forensics, DNA, and CSI we had dollhouses – an unimaginable collection of miniature crime scenes, known as the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death. Created in the 1930s and 1940s by a crime-fighting grandmother, Frances Glessner Lee created the Nutshells to help homicide detectives hone their investigative skills. These surreal dollhouses reveal a dystopic and disturbing slice of domestic life with doll corpses representing actual murder victims, or perhaps something that just looks like murder. Despite all the advances in forensics, the Nutshells are still used today to train detectives. Documentary film, Of Dolls and Murder, explores the dioramas, the woman who created them, and their relationship to modern day forensics. From the iconic CSI television show to the Body Farm and criminally minded college students, legendary filmmaker and true crime aficionado, John Waters narrates the tiny world of big time murder.
- Data de estreia
- 1 de abril de 2012
- País de origem
- Estados Unidos
Elenco
- John Waters como Self - Narrator
- Jamie Bowen como Self - Forensic Technician, Baltimore County Police Department
- Darrolyn Butler como Self - Autopsy Technician, State Morgue, Maryland
- Rajesh Chopra como Self - Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office, New Jersey
- David Fowler como Self - Chief Medical Examiner, Maryland
- Peter Georgiades como Self - Hartford County Sheriff's Office, Maryland
- Brenda J. Haggerty como Self - DeSales University Student
- Sean Jones como Self - Baltimore City Police Department
- Amanda Kensacki como Self - DeSales University Student
- Erica Marshall como Self - National Library of Medicine
Equipe
- Susan Marks · Diretor(a)
- Susan Marks · Roteirista
- John Kurtis Dehn · Produtor(a)
- Susan Marks · Produtor(a)
- John Kurtis Dehn · Compositor(a)
- Jefferson Rabb · Compositor(a)
- Matt Ehling · Diretor(a) de fotografia
- John Kurtis Dehn · Editor(a)