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Synopsis: West of Memphis is an examination of a failure of justice in Arkansas. The documentary tells the hitherto unknown story behind an extraordinary and desperate fight to bring the truth to light. Told and made by those who lived it, the filmmakers' unprecedented access to the inner workings of the defense, allows the film to show the investigation, research and appeals process in a way that has never been seen before; revealing shocking and disturbing new information about a case that still haunts the American South.
Director(s): Amy Berg
Production: Sony Pictures Classics
  Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.9
Metacritic:
80
Rotten Tomatoes:
96%
R
Year:
2012
147 min
$309,864
Website
197 Views


DAMIEN:
Within an hour of the time we

were out, it already felt that way.

And I think, in some ways,

maybe it's a little harder for Lorri

than it is for me because I've never had

a really solid foundation in my life.

When I was young, we were constantly

on the move, constantly on the go.

We never had a place that

we called home for long periods of time.

"Time to vamp up your wardrobe.

Fall is coming."

Yeah, we're gonna have

a early Halloween party

since we're gonna be gone

for October.

We're gonna do it

at the end of September.

Our time together now

is more gentle in a way.

What do you think about that stuff?

That fake spiderweb stuff?

I love it.

Think we should get it? Yeah.

DAMIEN:
When you're in prison

you get three hours a week,

so you feel very desperate

and rushed.

Like you're trying to wring

every second out of it that you can.

And it's like being out here

and being together 24 hours a day,

you just feel like you're able to relax

into each other a little more.

LORRI:
There's a bit of grief.

You leave people you love.

You don't know when

you're gonna see them again.

If you can ever go back

to that place.

Because we don't plan

on going back to Arkansas.

I don't look at the political aspirations,

the greed, the evil,

the cruelty or anything else.

Because for me, it's over.

For me, I'm ready to move on.

LORRI:
When you first asked me about the

letters, I got them out of storage,

and it felt so foreign to me.

Thank you. You too.

LORRI:
So then we talked

about burning them all.

We thought the best thing to do

is take all the letters.

Just burn them, so they never...

No one will ever read them.

There's so many things,

it's so personal.

I happened to pull one out

that was about six months

into when we were writing to each other

and I thought, "That's not so bad."

And there are elements of it that

remind me of how we talk today, so...

"My dearest Lorri,

I love the letter I got from you today,"

the one about us changing.

You were right,

we should be looking forward, not back.

You give me the strength

to face anything,

but I also know

that not everyone is like you.

"If they were... If they were,

then everyone would be in love."

Right, well. "I love the way

Master and Margarita ends."

The way they get to spend

eternity together, alone.

"That they are granted peace."

DAMIEN:
"And you are left to wonder

what adventures they'll have next."

And don't you worry a'

I believe your story a'

You were put away

For something you didn't do U'

DAMIEN:
"That's the way I imagine you

and I, just saying goodbye to everyone"

and beginning our own journey

"to places that neither of us

have ever known before."

When I come to see you a'

What will I bring? a'

The wisdom of a poet r

The color of a dream r

And I leave with three roses 4'

Made from a magazine

More beautiful to me

Than any flower in the spring a'

And the feel of summer a'

Turn into fall a'

Anything made of paper

That's all S

That's all a'

That's all a'

In the shadows of religion 4'

Some think we find the truth a'

But innocence is stricken 4'

Without an ounce of proof I

While the wheels of injustice a'

Can turn mighty fast a'

Another blood moon of October a'

Will silently pass f

With words of love a'

r In a telephone call a'

And anything made of paper

That's all S

What's all I

That's all a'

Anything made of paper

That's all S

In the inside world

Where bitterness grows a'

Your heart has found the passion

To see what's in your soul a'

And late at night

On an angel's wing f

You hold on till tomorrow

To see what it brings I

Any news

No matter how small a'

And anything made of paper

That's all S

That's all a'

That's all a'

Anything made of paper

That's all S

In the inside world

Where bitterness grows a'

Your heart has found the passion

To see what's in your soul a'

And late at night

On an angel's wing f

You hold on till tomorrow

To see what it brings I

Any news

No matter how small a'

And anything made of paper

That's all S

That's all a'

That's all N'

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