Zodiac Flashcards
(17 cards)
Thank you for having me over-
(CLICK Vaughn LOCKS THE DOOR from the inside with a key) Not at all.
I wanted to ask you about a particular film the Avenue may have run when you were an organist there. “The Most Dangerous Game”.
Classic. RKO, 1932. Fay Wray. We’ve run it many times.
How about in 1969?
I’d have to check my records. Why?
You remember the Zodiac Killer?
This is about Rick Marshall isn’t it?
He worked as your projectionist?
For a time. I don’t have any occasion to correspond with him these days.
There’s a connection between one of the Zodiac attacks and the film-
You mean the symbol. (Graysmith doesn’t follow. Vaughn pulls out a coil of FILM LEADER.)
The Zodiac symbol on film. On the countdown. It’s trimmed off each reel before they’re shown, but it always arrives with it. First time I saw it in the papers, I immediately thought of this.
We got a tip that Rick left a film canister with you. Something he told you never to open.
A “tip” about a “mysterious film canister”?
Is it true?
(Vaughn stares at him. Finally) Yes.
Have you opened it?
No.
May I see it?
Rick took it back in 1972.
(Graysmith’s face falls)
And this “tip” is how you got it in your head that Rick’s the Zodiac?
That and the movie posters.
Excuse me?
The handwriting on the posters Rick did. It’s the closest we’ve ever come to a match-
Rick didn’t draw any posters.
What? No, he did this one-
Mr. Graysmith, I do the posters personally. That’s my handwriting.
I won’t take any more of your time-
Not at all. Before you go, I should check on when we played that film.
I don’t want to trouble you-
No trouble. The records are just down in the basement.
Not many people have basements in California.
I do. Follow me.
