In the article “Mirrors Without Memories”, the film The Thin Blue Line is examined in a very particular way. Linda Williams talks about Morris’ approach to the film, and how the documentary has a hypnotic pace. She also believes that Morris doesn’t tell the viewers all the truths about the film.
After speaking to Professor Smith about this film, I realize that I didn’t think deep enough about the overall theme of the film. I think I was too focused on the specifics of the film instead of focusing on the overall meaning and message. The overall message of the film is the aspect of memory. Everyone’s memory in the film is different which brings all the characters in the documentary together. Williams writes, “the truth of the past is traumatic, violent, and unrepresentable in images. It is obscured by official lies masking the responsibility of individual agents,” (14). This proves that this film was full of many people’s memories, and not all of them accurately portrayed what happened the night of the crime.