Product Details
- An MVD Exclusive
- SKU: MVD5344D
- Format: DVD
- UPC: 760137534495
- Street Date: 04/24/12
- PreBook Date: 03/20/12
- Label: Seminal Films »
- Genre: Documentary
- Run Time: 70 mins
- Number of Discs: 1
- Audio: STEREO
- Year of Production: 2011
- Region Code: 0
- Box Lot: 30
- Territory: NORTH AMERICA
Cast & Crew
- Actors:
- John Waters
- Director: Susan Marks
- Producers: John Kurtis Dehn
Product Assets
Of Dolls And Murder
Convict the guilty, clear the innocent, and find the truth in a nutshell. Narrated by John Waters
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Before forensics, DNA, and CSI we had dollhouses - an unimaginable collection of miniature crime scenes, known as the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death. Created in the 1930s and 1940s by a crime-fighting grandmother, Frances Glessner Lee created the Nutshells to help homicide detectives hone their investigative skills. These surreal dollhouses reveal a dystopic and disturbing slice of domestic life with doll corpses representing actual murder victims, or perhaps something that just looks like murder. Despite all the advances in forensics, the Nutshells are still used today to train detectives. Documentary film, Of Dolls and Murder, explores the dioramas, the woman who created them, and their relationship to modern day forensics. From the iconic CSI television show to the Body Farm and criminally minded college students, legendary filmmaker and true crime aficionado, John Waters narrates the tiny world of big time murder.
Sales Points
- Narrated by John Waters
Press Quotes
The film is a chilling blast of kitsch noir.
—Colin Covert, Star Tribune
This documentary is rich in information and humanity and I'm looking forward to seeing it again. Highly recommended!
—Jean Jessup , moviereviewsfromaspirtualperspective.com
A Must See For Darkly Curious Minds
—Junkyard Arts
