‘Boston Strangler’: Matt Ruskin Says He “Didn’t Want To Glorify Violence” In True Crime Film; Opting Instead To Spotlight Heroine Journalists
deadline.comGrowing up in Boston, writer and director Matt Ruskin heard about the Boston Strangler most of his life. But it wasn’t until a few years ago while researching the complex case that he was inspired to write his latest film, Boston Strangler, from a different point of view. “When I started reading about the case, I realized I didn’t know anything about it.
And I discovered this really layered, fascinating murder mystery. There was a much bigger story both about the city and the time with a lot of twists and turns that I found to be so compelling that I thought would make for a really great film,” Ruskin told Deadline during a recent interview. “I just could never really get excited about doing a hard-boiled detective version of this story.
There are a lot of aspects to it that are critical of the police and so it just didn’t really add up.” He continued, “And then I heard an interview with this reporter named Loretta McLaughlin who broke the story of the Boston Strangler; she was one of the first journalists to connect the murders.
During the course of her reporting, she gave the Boston Strangler his name. I love journalism stories and journalism movies and I have tremendous respect for good journalism, which is as important now as ever.
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