"The Witness" is definitely an emotional movie and I truly feel bad for Bill Genovese and his family.
The purpose of this documentary was to help explain what happened to Kitty Genovese. You get to see what some of the witnesses actually saw and heard during the murder. The interviews and camera work were very well done. Before I watched the movie I knew about what happened and how it really wasn't 38 eyewitnesses.
Although it was very emotional, especially the ending, I did not like the movie. I expected to end up with answers but instead felt like it just left more questions. Why investigate the murders now 50 years after the fact? Why not do it earlier, when there probably would have been more answers. It seemed that the people that turned down to be interviewed, like Moseley and Kitty's husband, had already moved on and didn't want to reopen old wounds. I feel like this movie was a waste of time as I did not learn anything knew after watching the movie and just felt bad that Bill Genovese wasn't able to get the closure he might have wanted.
The purpose of this documentary was to help explain what happened to Kitty Genovese. You get to see what some of the witnesses actually saw and heard during the murder. The interviews and camera work were very well done. Before I watched the movie I knew about what happened and how it really wasn't 38 eyewitnesses.
Although it was very emotional, especially the ending, I did not like the movie. I expected to end up with answers but instead felt like it just left more questions. Why investigate the murders now 50 years after the fact? Why not do it earlier, when there probably would have been more answers. It seemed that the people that turned down to be interviewed, like Moseley and Kitty's husband, had already moved on and didn't want to reopen old wounds. I feel like this movie was a waste of time as I did not learn anything knew after watching the movie and just felt bad that Bill Genovese wasn't able to get the closure he might have wanted.