One of the oddest aspects of 2015's “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst” is how badly Robert Durst wants to be known and understood. By the time he reached out to writer/director Andrew Jarecki, Durst was already a prime suspect in his wife Kathleen Durst's 1982 disappearance and two other homicides. He was also the oldest son of an extremely wealthy and influential New York real estate tycoon who handed the keys to the kingdom to his younger brother.
Jarecki’s 2010 film “All Good Things,” written by his "Jinx" co-producer Marc Smerling, was based on Durst's 2003 trial for the murder of his neighbor Morris Black, whom he admitted to dismembering. Durst may have never faced a Galveston, Texas jury if he hadn’t been caught trying to steal a grocery store sandwich while he was on the lam. He ended up being acquitted anyway. Late-night comedians had a field day with that verdict and the circumstances leading up to it.
