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Story Arcs


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Story Arcs/Character Arcs


There are several story and narrative strands – can you identify them?

  • Durst’s own story, including his childhood, family and marriages
  • The police officers investigating the murders
  • The DAs and their quest for justice
  • Andrew Jarecki and the making of the documentary

The time frames may be broadly split into the following periods which are juxtaposed through ‘flashbacks’ archive/reconstruction/montage

  • Durst’s childhood and family relationships
  • Durst’s marriage to Kathie > 1982 and her disappearance
  • 2001 – the body in the bay and trial for the disposal of the body of Morris Black
  • “Ten Years Later” to present