When I was in high school, my history teacher showed The Fog of War, another Errol Morris film and it stuck with me throughout my education. I really liked the content of the documentary, because it focused on a widely known issue (The Vietnam War), but portrayed it in an entirely new light by using a different point of view (Robert McNamara, US Secretary of Defense). He does this again in Thin Blue Line, using points of view to convey a specific message about an event in history. This documentary reenacts the murder investigation of a police officer in Texas, Robert Wood, and the wrongful conviction of Randall Adams from his own point of view, exposing the corrupt justice system in Dallas County.
Morris uses the composer Phillip Glass in many of his documentaries. After I watched The Fog of War, I started listening to Glass’s work, mostly when I was doing my homework. I listen to a composition called “Metamorphosis: Metamorphosis One” often when I’m doing my homework, and I noticed a similar composition in the film, which I was able to pick up on. I really like Glass’s music, and the score for Thin Blue Line is no exception.