The circumstances leading up to a mass shooting in a suburban cinema are enigmatically traced in Dark Night, which unfolds over the course of a languid summer day. The story is portrayed in fragments from the lives of numerous persons whose fates are tragically entwined, abandoning the narrative restrictions of the true crime genre. As the sky darkens, the peaceful sheen of everyday life is shattered by a lurking and unavoidable dread.
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The circumstances leading up to a mass shooting in a suburban cinema are enigmatically traced in Dark Night, which unfolds over the course of a languid summer day. The story is portrayed in fragments from the lives of numerous persons whose fates are tragically entwined, abandoning the narrative restrictions of the true crime genre. As the sky darkens, the peaceful sheen of everyday life is shattered by a lurking and unavoidable dread.
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