About
American Dreams

The concept--placing notes from a murderer's diary (displayed as scrolling text on the bottom of the screen) in their historical context (as reflected in the audio snippets, from pop songs to political speeches)--is interesting, but the pieces hardly ever really click. The most gaping hole in the design of the film is that the visuals occupying 2/3 of the screen are Benning's personal Hank Aaron memorabilia. Random?