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'The Jinx' Director Shares Thoughts on Robert Durst Case

We'll get with more on Robert durst in court after his arrest Saturday for killing his friend Susan Berman in 2000. Durst has been suspected in three killings dating back more than 30 years and the cold case was brought back to life by the HBO documentary "The jinx" which ended with this stunning off camera confession. Here it is. . You're right, ofnlgt of course. But you can't imagine. Arrest him. What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course. And we are joined now by the filmmaker. Welcome back. You said it would be clear at the end of six episodes. I guess you were right. I tried to be. So let's walk through this because there's a lot of questions raised about the timeline in this tape. The interview was three years ago? About three years ago, yeah. We interviewed him twice and the first time right around the time the movie came out and it took us another year and a half to get him for the follow up interview. You showed him the evidence and it was the handwriting that seemed to stun him and he goes into the bathroom. You didn't discover what was on tape in the bathroom for more than two years? Yeah. How is that possible? Well, the fact is it's a small documentary crew and we were working very hard and it wasn't until later when we brought on some more editors and had the time to go through the material and we said to one of the editors go through all the old material that just has audio because the only time you look at stuff is if it has video and audio. One of the editors came back and said I think I found something. What did you do when you heard it? I sat there with my partners and we sort of shook our heads. It took a while to understand the impact of it. Just it was so chilling to hear it. It was doisturbing to hear it and uncomfortable to hear it. Once you hear it you have a legal and moral obligation to go to the authorities. When did that happen? We talked about it with our legal advisors and said if we go to the authorities now, we're missing the opportunity for us to actually get the real story from him and it may take years for them to do that. Truth is as filmmakers we have the freedom to do things that law enforcement wouldn't have. But at the same time we didn't want to hold it back if it was going to take forever. All we could do is get him into the chair which took a lot of work. Then when we had his reaction that was when we felt the time was right for us to show that to them and that was many, many months ago. You're talking about the letters. Sure. What about the audio of him in the bathroom? Well, we have been in contact with law enforcement for the past two years. So when we finally found that subsequent admission what happens in the bathroom, we contacted them and said we have something more. You have already heard Robert durst talking to the L.A. Times overnight saying this is not a coincidence here. What happens is that durst gets arrested on the eve of the finale. Kind of a ratings play. Were there any kinds of deals over the timing of the arrest? Of course. Not. We don't have that kind of power and we had no idea of the arrest timing. I was nervous about it and on the phone with our law enforcement about 4:00 in the morning two nights before and I was saying I'm uncomfortable and I have security, I've never had security in my life. My family is uncomfortable and I feel this arrest should be made but understand you need to do what you need to do. But tell me where we are. I didn't get any color on it. So you interviewed durst three years ago. He must know the noose is starting to tighten around him. Did he try to contact you? He never calls me the day after the interview. Usually he goes away and tells me he's in Madrid. Disappears. We talk again a few weeks later. In this case, he called me the day after the interview, after I showed him the envelope and he acted as if it was no big deal. He called me and said I have three or four things to talk to you about. I knew the first thing was going to be nothing and nothing and the third thing was going to be him checking in with me about whether I thought that admission was important. So he knew something was coming which is why he may have been trying to escape? I will say I don't know he told his lawyers about the second interview because they didn't attend. That was his choice. His lawyer came to the first interview and a couple years later he decides to do a second interview freelancing by himself. The most important news of the day in the world are monitored in this channel

• published: 16 Mar 2015
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