Alex Gibney is setting his sights on serial killers in “Crazy, Not Insane,” the latest documentary from the high-profile filmmaker.Per HBO, the documentary profiles Dorothy Otnow Lewis, a veteran psychiatrist who has studied various infamous murderers.
Her research includes videotaped death row interviews and examines the formative experiences and neurological dysfunction of such infamous murderers as Arthur Shawcross and Ted Bundy.
Her work challenges the very notion of evil, proposing that murderers are made, not born.The film also explores the death penalty itself, highlighting research that indicates states with the death penalty tend to have higher murder rates than those without, questioning the theory of the death penalty as a deterrent to violence.
The film asks an important question: Once dangerous killers are locked away and the public is protected, why is society so determined to execute these human beings?“Crazy, Not Insane,” which was recently showcased at Doc NYC,
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