Out of Thin Air

This is a sad story that is interesting from an historical point if view. However there is little evidence put forward and the film is very repetitive.

While the way it was presented is perfectly functional but nothing exceptional, the story itself did its job.

The story is quite something and needs to be seen or at least read about.

As for the film documentary itself, it is perfectly coherent but not exceptional. However, it left me frustrated as there was never any conclusion.

But like I said, the story is unbelievable enough to check out.

A good documentary detailing the conviction off six people over the disappearance of two Icelandic men in the sixties. The confessions obtained by the six charged were questioned after diaries were found which detailed extensive interrogations and solitary confinement. The doc went into a good level of detail and provided first had interviews from police, journalists, and surviving members of the six convicted.

I can see how this story is interesting, but I just don't think it was interestingly told. I found it wanted to say much and used up a lot of space and time but in the end it gave me no solid clues why I should think they were guilty or not. I thought it just did a lot of talk over nothing instead of focusing on the story and the details. I also found it a bit one-sided as we were able to almost only see or hear Erla's story.

What I also wanted out of this is to kind of delve into what might have happened to the missing persons, the theories surrounding that and a bit more talk about the 'victims' so that we can maybe make our own theories about what might have happened to them.

I don't know. To me it's really bland - stylistically, the way the story was unraveled, the main character of this story (or who the focus was on)...

Just not my cup of tea. :)

One of the interviewed officers said that there was no DNA evidence at the scene--in 1975.

First use of DNA in a criminal investigation was in 1986.

This is what you get in this documentary. A lot of faulty memories and unclear statements by everyone. It drags on and on like a slow moving Fellini picture, and ultimately goes nowhere.

The case might be interesting, but this film is not.