Netflix once again surprised us with a series that was very quick to draw attention to it and to impress critics and fans whose expectations exceeded their expectations. I am talking here about Mindhunter, the first season of which was released on the 13th of this month, which - if you do not know David Vincher, starring Charlize Theron, is the producer of the wonderful house of cards, the director of Se7en, Fight Club, Zodiac and Gone Girl, and the king of thrill and excitement, who also directed a series of episodes So you can predict how much fun awaits you.
In the series:
Serial title: Mindhunter
Category: Crime, Drama, Suspense.
Date of issue: 13 October 2017
Based on: Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit by Mark Olshaker and John E. Douglas.
Starring: Jonathan Grove, Holt McCallani, Hannah Gross, Ana Turf, and Couture Smith
Number of seasons so far: 1
Number of episodes: 10
Duration of the episode: 34 to 60 minutes
Display Network: Netflix
Production: David Fincher, Charlize Theron, Josh Donin, and Sean Shaven.
"How can we outdo the madmen if we do not understand how crazy people think?"
This sentence was borrowed from a dialogue between the characters during the first episode of the Mindhunter series and I chose it specifically because it clearly summarizes the idea behind the whole series!
The series is based on factual events that have been specifically drawn from Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit by Mark Olshaker and John E. Douglas. In the mid-1970s in the United States during the period coinciding with the beginnings of research in the field of criminology and criminal profiling, about Henry Ford and Bill Tench. Two agents in the FBI's educational wing, are trying to get to the bottom of criminal ideas and understand how the minds of murderers and serial rapists work through their own axes, using the data to facilitate the capture of other criminals by finding a satisfactory answer to the question: Prompting a person to do similar work? Using the psychology of Wendy Carr, while suffering from the bureaucracy rooted in the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which slows down the speed of achieving their goals and even get permission to seek them.
Have you ever had a lesson with philosophy or seen a dialogue with a psychoanalyst that smiled and thought of the "triviality" of what you hear, and the enormous exaggerations Which is spoken by the speaker, and the non-conformity of his words and his vision of things in any way with reality?
It does not matter whether your reaction is wrong or correct, but I'm sure it happened with us all at one time ... Well, this is the character of Bill Tench (quoted by client Robert K. Riesler), while the customer finds Ford (quoted from customer John With a scientific background, who sees things with a deep analytical view that enables him to know the identity of the general criminal in an approximate manner (age, race, and even the nature of his life as poor or rich, linked or separate), analyzing the crime scene, The criminals who are talking to them, and try to devise the reasons leading to their actions from what they lived in Their past, and try to explain all their actions from the perspective of psychology, criminology and sociology. Bill is completely different. He is very rational and realistic, like the "general public" in his way of thinking. He sees that not all that is needed is in-depth and scientific analysis. Not all crimes have complex backgrounds to study. And perhaps even without a reason, a difference we understand and note more in several scenes reflect the way the two clients think the way they work.
For example, Ford always tries to look at the motive behind the crime first, why the criminal is doing it in this particular form, and is gradually approaching the identities of people who might have this motivation, , Bill does not care much about motivation, as we say is that there is no motive and a reason necessarily for everything that happens in the world, and therefore it seeks the actor through the traditional methods, but the search for motivation comes only after the arrest of the actor.
This contradiction in the vision of things is one of the most beautiful and enjoyable elements of this interesting work because of the benefit of each other, where we note with the time positively influenced each other serves the common purpose of them, in addition to pushing the viewer in turn to think from the perspective of each hero separately; The possibility of choosing the wrong direction from the right, and to learn to listen to the other and try to understand the point of view and even disagree with it, it may have a vision that may be useful one day.
Because I repeat that I was not convinced of the role of Fur; because Jonathan Grove once again repeats himself in the role of gentle gentleman who hates the feelings of violence, especially as it is about a federal client who is supposed to be a bit rude, The only difference this time is that our hero is not as naïve as he seems to be. On the contrary, Holden Ford has a great intelligence that makes him comparable in some way to Sherlock Holmes ( If we delete several elements such as exaggeration and rhetoric) , Which enables him to gain the confidence of his interlocutors whether they are prisoners or criminals who hold hostages, and should negotiate with them in order to end the matter without any casualties, using his gentle form and soft talk, which in no way resembles what the local police usually do. FBI men.
And finally, I do not want to spoil the pleasure of enjoying this work by burning all his surprises and putting them on the table, but I promise you that you will see a number of the most exciting and impressive roles in the recent period, and remind you again that what you will see has already happened and that most criminals Who will appear in the series have been built characters from criminals who have already lived in that period!
As for the output, as expected, David Vince's touch is present with all its weight in this series, and this is reflected in the lighting and cadres and soundtracks, and the overall atmosphere of excitement that should not be missed for lovers of this type of work.
The bottom line is that we have a series of crime, excitement and suspense based on realistic events not only interesting events, but provides a lot of knowledge for those interested in psychology or criminology, in addition to the presentation of a group of personalities who performed very fondly, and believe me if you are interested in this classification Specifically, you will find yourself addicted to watching the Mindhunter series very quickly.
Have you seen Mindhunter or not yet? If the answer is no, what are you waiting for? If yes, what do you think of it? Share the comments.
