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7.6/10 • 185

2016-03-131h 23m

AnimationCrimeDocumentary

August 1, 1966, was the day our innocence was shattered.

Combining archival footage with rotoscopic animation, Tower reveals the action-packed untold stories of the witnesses, heroes and survivors of America’s first mass school shooting, when the worst in one man brought out the best in so many others.

Directors
Keith Maitland
Writters
Sarah Wilson, Keith Maitland
Editors
Austin Reedy

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  1. Violett Beane

    Violett Beane

    Claire Wilson James

  2. Chris Doubek

    Chris Doubek

    Allen Crum

  3. Blair Jackson

    Blair Jackson

    Houston McCoy

  4. Louie Arnette

    Louie Arnette

    Ramiro "Ray" Martinez

  5. Josephine McAdam

    Josephine McAdam

    Rita Starpattern

  6. Aldo Ordoñez

    Aldo Ordoñez

    Aleck Hernandez Jr.

  7. Seamus Bolivar-Ochoa

    Seamus Bolivar-Ochoa

    John "Artly" Fox

  8. Monty Muir

    Monty Muir

    Neal Spelce

  9. Cole Bee Wilson

    Cole Bee Wilson

    Tom Eckman

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Reno

May 26, 2017

8/10

About the first such incident in the US history. It was like another documentary film that I saw one last week. But this time it was an even bigger scale. This, the original event took place exactly 50 years ago and first of its kind. Since then hundreds of similar events have been recorded. Many of them were made into films, but I don't remember this one was ever turned into one. This is about a raged gunman on the college campus, where many people got killed and injured. A shocking incident, even cops did not know how to handle it at first. So, the film reveals one of the most horrific episodes ever happened in the American soil. Like everything has a first time, this is where it all began for this kind of event. The filmmakers used some of the original archive footage to tell the story, but the majority of the film was the animation. Since it was a documentary film and was made under a tight budget, the visuals were not that pleasant, but the notion was well achieved. Documentary films and interviews are like thunder and lightening. So there are interviews in it, but most of them were made-up of. I mean they were real, though not with the real people, except their recorded voice interviews in most of the cases. It was challenging to bring back the original event on the screen since it is not a feature film to recreate whatever way they want, especially that occurred half a century ago. But very appreciable for even giving us this much of detail to feel the vibe.
❝One of the truths I have learnt is that there are monsters that walk among us.❞
It was like any other normal day on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin. But the scenario has suddenly changed when two student couple fell on the ground not aware of what just happened, and so the people around. After some time, it became clear that a gunman open fired on them and many others from a nearby tower, but the real issue is nobody could see him. Soon it reached the radio and television, and alert has been circulated. Then the cops got involved to solve the matter and how it all ends covered in the rest of the films. This is a good film, revealed most of the parts as much as in details, but I'm not fully convinced. Because the concept of narration was quite similar to feature film style where they want to keep the mystery. It all begins with one perspective and multiplies as it progresses. Except not focusing enough on the negative character. I understood the situation of the event, but I did not get enough detail about the gunman. It was like one side of the story. So mysterious and it stayed that way. Shorter and well paced. This is definitely worth checking out, though not a must see. To learn the history, the bad one. I had no idea about it prior to watch, but at the end, I felt it accomplished everything on its capacity to give out the truth. No matter it is a documentary film, along with the suspense, the tension was well balanced. So, more or less it is same as like watching a regular crime film. That's especially for those who are not into documentary films. I hope someone would make a feature film out of it. 8/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
$101,987.00
Keywords
violence in schoolsmassacreadult animationschool shooting