You see, David’s mother committed suicide by jumping off the roof. Eldest son of NYC real estate mogul, Sanford Marks, David and his father have never been close and, in fact, were emotionally estranged from the time David was 7.
Mimicking the Durst story itself, ALL GOOD THINGS gives us David Marks. Often a rarity for a defense attorney to put his client accused of murder/manslaughter on the stand, Durst did take the stand and recanted his life story for all to hear a life story that Jarecki, Smerling and Hinchey unfold for us now.
#All good things trial#
After an exhaustive search, the filmmakers of ALL GOOD THINGS managed to locate and obtain a transcript – and even some recordings – of the complete trial testimony in the Galveston case, including Durst’s own testimony. Pleading self defense, Durst was found innocent of any one of the various possible murder or manslaughter charges, but held accountable for his disposal method of the body. What he was convicted for, however, was improper disposal of a dead body – that of his neighbor – who was found in various bits and pieces in Hefty trash bags that were spotted by a young boy playing by the side of a river in the Galveston, Texas area. Suspected of murdering Kathi, Robert Durst was never arrested and never tried to a judge or jury, but always remained a primary “person of interest”, apparently even to this day. A fascinating story in and of itself, the film takes on entirely new levels of intensity and emotional gravitas thanks to powerful performances by Gosling, Kirsten Dunst and Frank Langella and well-paced, tension fraught storytelling that diverts the mind with sub-text, keeping the viewer on the edge of their seat waiting to see what will happen next. The result is a dynamic, powerfully lensed, well written and well acted film. Based on or “inspired by” the true story of Robert Durst and the still unsolved disappearance of his wife Kathi in 1982, ALL GOOD THINGS may have changed the names “to protect the innocent” and grant the filmmakers a bit of literary license, but the facts are true and supported by immaculately detailed and impeccable research by director Andrew Jarecki and screenwriters Marcus Hinchey and Marc Smerling (who also serves as producer). And as for the film itself, “good” is an understatement when it comes to describing ALL GOOD THINGS. Think you know what’s coming with Academy Award nominations? Well, think again because as the title infers, all good things comes to those who wait and in this case, that means Ryan Gosling who, with his turn as David Marks, may just find his name announced come Oscar nomination morning.
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