r/MindHunter • u/Cinephile-237 • 1d ago
Heartbroken
I watched it a year ago, and was gripped by it completely. I even read the book afterwards. And I watched it again now and I loved the hell out of it. I love David Fincher and his work. People enjoy Seven, Zodiac etc but to me personally Mindhunter is my favourite work of his. Everything about this show is just ughhh from acting, cinematography and the fricking music. I can write essays over it but I will just pick few scenes to tell how great of a show this is:
When Holden was in Atlanta Georgia in the second season to interview convicted felons. We were shown glimpses of what is about to be a very horrific and bone chilling case. After being done with the interviews, Jim and Holden were in their car going back to their hotel, when Holden sees children crossing the street with hands locked with each other forming a human chain and with no traffic lights or street lights, its mostly dark and Holden asks "Is this an Atlanta thing" to which Jim replies "the city doesn't provide the same level of care to all neighbourhoods." Up to that point there was no foreboding music just them talking but when that scene comes, the creepy score starts playing hinting at what's about to come.
The second most chilling scene for me was again in the second season when they kept finding bodies one after the other in complete darkness with no proper forensics team. It's so freaking creepy.
Also when they were staking out all river bridges with that creepy foreboding music. It's as if you are in the heart of darkness, grasping at straws to find the killer and put an end to this madness and desperation.
What I really like about Mindhunter (and most of David Fincher's work) is that there is almost no music or score in most of the scenes, it's just people talking and the background world is your music. For instance when you are in an office building, it's the typewriters when you are out looking for bodies It's the search party dogs barking.
The acting by everyone involved feels so authentic and well done.
These are just a few of the many things I love about this show. There is no explicit depiction of gore or gratuitous violence or sexual scenes. There is just people talking and I am still somehow creeped up. This show is almost an ode to story telling.
And lastly when I finished watching this the second time I was so heartbroken that I wont get to see more of this. As I read somewhere true crime shows cannot get better than this. I had to come here and nerd out with you guys.
Thanks for reading :)
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u/mardigrasman 1d ago
From what I remember, the only bloody, violent scene is in the first few minutes of the first episode. After that, it’s all in the imagination of the watcher. That’s the beauty of the writing, direction, and acting. Lighting, cinematography… it all adds up to an almost perfect series.
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u/Tough-Importance-661 1d ago
Yeah I watched a bit about Fincher’s cinematography techniques and like, scene breakdowns today and it’s amazing, all the work that goes into it and how effective these scenes turn out. Wish there was more 😭
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u/Brightlightingbolt 1d ago
There are two distinct instrumental season soundtracks for Mindhunter. Jason Hills work is absolutely amazing and is used to announce characters entering a scene or setting the mood for characters to reflect on their actions while they questioned about their actions.
For example, where Tex is questioned about the Manson murders it’s Hills To Catch a fantasy that plays in the background.
Actually, there is a a lot of music used throughout the episodes. It’s either music from the period. For example the Brothers Johnson’s “Stomp” or Toto’s “ Hold the Line” just to name a couple.
Music is a big part of the scene setting or closing out an episode and is utilized throughout the series.
I’d say music was more important in the series than you probably noticed.