For those familiar with Berlinger's previous true crime documentary work, TBT is a departure
Instead, Berlinger saw his job as editing — and especially contextualizing — the story for those at any level of familiarity with the horrific crimes committed by Bundy.
He told Rolling Stone, "It's not the typical film that I usually make, which is cinema verité, or following a story unfolding. This was more of an editing job, telling Bundy's story [after the fact]."
Berlinger also directed a biopic about Bundy that will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival two days after the release of TBT — on Saturday
The film stars Zac Efron as Ted Bundy, Lily Collins as Elizabeth Kloepfer, Haley Joel Osment, John Malkovich, and Metallica frontman James Hetfield as arresting officer Bob Hayward.
This is Hetfield's first acting role, according to Consequence of Sound. Berlinger and Hetfield previously worked together on the Metallica documentary, "Some Kind of Monster."
The story is told primarily from the point of view of Kloepfer, a real individual who was involved in a lengthy romantic relationship with Bundy throughout many of his horrific and brutal crimes against other women.
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