Bernie

One may think there is not much left in the story of convicted murderer Bernie Tiede, from Richard Linklater’s criminally overlooked Texas-set comedy. Since the film’s 2012 release, however, Tiede was released from prison to much controversy. (The condition was he live in Austin with Linklater.) Given the success of the comedy’s blend of fiction and documentary, more colorful reactions from the various Carthage citizens on the recent events would be sublime. Meanwhile, given the speculation of how Linklater’s film helped to change the legal verdict, there is much room for a follow-up to feature sly meta-commentary.