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Director Caspian Tredwell-Owen is writer of The Island and director of Profile of a Killer. My Filmviews got a chance to talk to him.
Profile of a Killer is an interesting take on the police vs. killer stories we have seen a lot. The search for the killer is there, but it takes a backseat to the direct contact between the killer and the profiler. What inspired you to approach it that way?
It came out of the growth of the teenage market culture over the past 10-15 years, where a previously undefined group was suddenly accorded enormous focus and gravitas. I wanted a way to explore the impact and extremes of this spotlight.
What kind of research goes into writing the story and bringing it all to the screen in a realistic way?
The killer/profiler dynamic was important – the profiler took a lot of research to find the right balance between judgment and understanding – these guys are not unfeeling nor is behavioral analysis (as opposed to the movie/tv version) an exact science. You have to let your subject “in”. Continue reading
Serial killer movies are usually quite predictable. They start out with a murder, some detectives get on the case and pretty soon after another body is found and a pattern is discovered. The police and the killer will play a game of cat and mouse trying to outwit each other all ending in a showdown. Profile of a Killer also is a movie about a serial killer, but in this case it twists that well-known storyline into something slightly different. The question is if that results in something worth watching? Continue reading