I forget what her name was in the movie but his friend who in real life was Susan… why did they portray Durst's friend from Texas as killing her? This is so strange to me and I can't figure it out. Durst obviously was the one who did it and he was the one who was in California at the time and everything. Where did this theory that the Melvin guy killed her come from?
shareI think the makers have said that they kind of took a vote amongst themselves and decided that this was the explanation which best fitted the known facts.
Perhaps a more likely explanation is that he is dead, and cannot sue for defamation.
So this version of events allows the makers to heavily imply that Durst (a) was responsible for Berman's death and (b) planned to kill Black.
However, if you pay careful attention, you'll note that it is never explicitly portrayed that either of those two statements is true.
The director/writer(s) probably used some creative license in order to "tidy" up this complex and mostly unsolved crime story. Deborah (Susan Berman) was blackmailing David (Robert Durst) and by hiring Malvern (Morris Black) to kill her makes the story "neater" and easier for the audience to digest. This falsity also gave David a motive to pre-meditatively kill Malvern.
Though I suspect Durst is likely responsible for Berman's demise there were others who may have had motive such as the mob since she had written a mob story based on her deceased fathers connections and was researching another book at the time of her demise. The concept of Berman blackmailing Durst is a bit odd since if she had knowledge and/or helped cover up a crime involving his wife's disappearance, she would be an accessory and be subject to prosecution.
He killed sixteen Czechoslovakians. Guy was an interior decorator.
After watching his own documentary The Jinx, this director should be embarrassed with himself on how in this movie he portraited Morris Black (as a murderer) and Robert Durst (more as a victim than as the monster he is).
shareThe director/writer(s) probably used some creative license in order to "tidy" up this complex and mostly unsolved crime story.Yes, I think imaginations have gone into overdrive during the last act. But to answer the OP's question, it's suddenly floated that people such as Malvern and Deborah were manipulated by David into helping him carry out nefarious tasks for various reasons, only to have him renege on any perceived promises, with both conveniently ending up dead.🐭 share