), who directed the project.
What I was interested in was this womans journey.
LIZ GARBUS:It was through the book.
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Did you always want to weave the two together in that way?
I knew I was not interested in making a documentary series about the Golden State Killer.
I knew those would be done.
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What I was interested in was this woman’s obsession and search and journey.
So we had the materials to weave her and center the story around her.
Was Patton involved from the start?
What was it like working with him?
Patton said, here is this stuff, kindly tell me how I can help.
He was not going to be a guy involved in the day to day.
That was just not the role he wanted, or felt he should have.
So he was really just terrific to work with.
What insight about Michelle was he able to give you?
We have a massive problem with this in our country with prescription drug use.
But how much were you thinking about that through all of this?
When I make films, since the beginning, I come from a place of empathy.
And I think that was Michelle’s instinct as well.
That was front and center in our mind.
What is it fulfilling in us?
How does the series expand on the story that Michelle put forth?
Obviously,having a suspectis a big development.
We didn’t know when we started the documentary that we would know who he was.
It was a deeply emotional project for everybody who worked on it.
