True crimehas long fascinated viewers, inviting them into the darkest recesses of the human psyche.
Bart Layton carefully handles each of these real-life figures to keep you on the edge.
While there, he devises a plan to impersonate another real missing child with the hope of finding refuge.
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Bourdin’s scheme hits paydirt when Barclay’s disappearance reaches him.
I already didn’t know I was already prepared not to know who I really was.
A new identity with a real passport, an American passport.
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I saw the opportunity."
UnlikeMaking a MurdererorThe Staircase,The Imposteris an intimate excavation of the human element.
Are they so desperate to have their son back that anyone, anything, is a worthy consolation?
He cleverly withholds information that he releases at crucial moments of the story.
This creates a suspenseful viewing experience similar to a traditional film.
His creative choice is that he wants the suspense not to be aboutifBourdin will be exposed, butwhen.
By so doing, he allows the film to focus on the core of the story.
He taps into his characters' challenges, like Bourdin’s obstacles throughout.
How will he pass for a sixteen-year-old blue-eyed boy when he is a twenty-three-year-old man with brown eyes?
Will he convince Barclay’s family that he’s their kin?
When and how will the private detective find out?
The Imposteris now available to stream on Prime Video in the U.S.
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