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Zodiac The Rewatchables
Zodiac

What Piece of Memorabilia Would You Want From This Movie?

The I Am Not Paul Avery button

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Zodiac The Rewatchables
Zodiac

What’s Aged the Best?

True-crime culture, period San Francisco, Downey, the protagonist shift, Graysmith’s internet-like obsession, Fincher’s catalog, and several craft details

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  • Chloë Sevigny’s humor and deliberately ordinary styling are praised.
  • The rise of true-crime culture gives the film more resonance. — Bill Simmons
  • Late-1960s and early-1970s San Francisco is nominated as an enduring setting. — Bill Simmons
  • Fincher’s San Francisco feels haunted and geographically unmistakable.
  • Downey’s mutterings and banter with Gyllenhaal are praised. — Chris Ryan
  • The tonal and procedural shift from Toschi to the isolated Graysmith is praised. — Chris Ryan
  • The unsolvability of mundane tragedy is treated as a lasting subject. — Sean Fennessey
  • Graysmith’s external obsession anticipates internet behavior. — Sean Fennessey
  • Robert Downey Jr.’s comeback context is nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • Zodiac’s place in Fincher’s catalog is nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • Paul Avery’s waterside home is praised.
  • The Chronicle newsroom recreation is praised for capturing an empty morning newspaper office. — Bill Simmons
  • The soundtrack’s gradual move into yacht rock is praised. — Bill Simmons
  • Downey’s on-screen smoking is praised.
Zodiac The Rewatchables
Zodiac

Most Rewatchable Scene

The Arthur Leigh Allen interrogation

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  • The Lovers Lane opening murder and its flashlight-on-gun image are nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • The Vallejo fireworks opening is nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • Graysmith reading the decoded letter as Paul Avery watches is nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • The Lake Berryessa bluff murder is called one of the most unsettling murder scenes.
  • Melvin Belli’s live television appearance is nominated.
  • The Ione Skye car sequence is nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • Downey and Gyllenhaal’s newsroom and bar exchanges are nominated.
  • The Arthur Leigh Allen interrogation is the final favorite. — Bill Simmons
  • The search of Allen’s trailer is nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • The basement sequence is nominated, though one host says repeat viewings reduce its impact.
  • Graysmith’s late-night visit to Toschi is nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • The Ace Hardware stare-down is nominated.
  • Toschi and Armstrong processing the taxi-cab murder scene is nominated. — Chris Ryan
  • Graysmith and Toschi’s first meeting is nominated. — Sean Fennessey
  • The final Door-to-Door breakfast is called a favorite except for the interrogation. — Sean Fennessey
Zodiac The Rewatchables
Zodiac

Unintentional Comedy Award

Pong playing in the background on Paul Avery's houseboat

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  • There is not a lot of unintentional comedy in the film, but Pong playing in the background on Robert Downey's houseboat is offered, along with that whole scene and his 'I live on a boat' line about someone writing a book; it is likened to the firecrackers in Boogie Nights as a choice that affects every moment you watch, a category for such choices is jokingly proposed, Pong is called excellent, and a host has no doubt it comes from Graysmith's own account or testimony.
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