Taking inspiration from one of Britain’s most notorious serial killers, Peter Sutcliffe, this pseudo-documentary combines vintage footage with dramatised scenes in an attempt to reveal the inner psyche of a monster. Available today on DVD, our review continues below…
Peter: Portrait of a Serial Killer is the first feature length drama to contain genuine archive footage that takes the audience on a unique journey into the mind of Peter Sutcliffe, ‘The Yorkshire Ripper’. Beginning with his formative years in Yorkshire, through the largest police manhunt in history, to his on-going psychological treatment in Broadmoor Hospital, issues of retribution, punishment, compassion and guilt are raised…
Peter: Portrait of a Serial Killer is not what you’d expect of film based on a real life criminal. Rather than dramatising the actual crimes, director Skip Kite is more concerned with entyering the mind of his subject and delving into the psychiology behind...
Peter: Portrait of a Serial Killer is the first feature length drama to contain genuine archive footage that takes the audience on a unique journey into the mind of Peter Sutcliffe, ‘The Yorkshire Ripper’. Beginning with his formative years in Yorkshire, through the largest police manhunt in history, to his on-going psychological treatment in Broadmoor Hospital, issues of retribution, punishment, compassion and guilt are raised…
Peter: Portrait of a Serial Killer is not what you’d expect of film based on a real life criminal. Rather than dramatising the actual crimes, director Skip Kite is more concerned with entyering the mind of his subject and delving into the psychiology behind...
- 10/24/2011
- by Stuart Cummins
- Obsessed with Film
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