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I Like To Think That I Differ From Other Interviewers In The Sense That I Hide My Agenda More Successfully, And I'm More Open To Hearing Stuff That Is Surprising And Unexpected. That I'm Actually Involved In An Investigation, Through Monologue, At Times.

You Can Think Of My Films As Cautionary Tales, But You Might Even Think Of Them As Despairing Tales, Because At Least In A Cautionary Tale, You Have This Idea That By Listening To The Story You Can Assure A Better Outcome. Whereas I'm Not At All Convinced That's The Case. In Fact, If Anything, I'm Convinced That It's The Opposite.

I Never Intended To Be A Documentary Filmmaker. I Think I Became A Documentary Filmmaker Because I Had Trouble Writing, And I Had Trouble Finishing Things.

People Like Nonfiction Presented To Them In A Certain Way, So That They Don't Have To Think About Whether It's True Or Not. They Like It To Have That Imprimatur Of Respectability, Of Genuineness.

Basically, "making A Murderer" Chronicles A Set Of Crimes Committed In Wisconsin: Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The First Crime Is A Miscarriage Of Justice. Steven Avery Is Convicted And Sentenced To A Very, Very Long Prison Sentence For The Assault On A Woman. And It Comes To Light Through Dna Evidence That He Was Not The Assailant.