Topic: Dave Toschi

[Najemikon]

Here's a bit of film trivia for you...

Steve McQueen played the title character in Bullitt, and apparently based him on Dave Toschi, an SFPD Inspector.

Inspector Toschi was the chief investigator of the Zodiac murders. Dirty Harry, possibly inspired somewhat by Bullitt, presented a fictional case inspired by the Zodiac murders.

Dave Toschi was played by Mark Ruffalo in Zodiac, from David Fincher.

How has poor Inspector Toschi stayed sane?

First he watches Bullitt, featuring a guy based on him. Then he goes to the cinema and sees Dirty Harry, who is based on the guy that was based on him, investigating a serial killer based on the serial killer he investigated. Now he sees Zodiac... [deep breath] featuring a guy playing him, investigating the Zodiac murders and in one scene, sees the guy playing him go to the cinema to see another guy playing a guy based on a guy that was based on him investigating a serial killer based on the serial killer he's investigating in the film about the serial killer he investigated! And... breathe.

 

I haven't thought of this I should say. A friend at work saw it somewhere on the Internet, but I'm not sure where. In any case, it amused me!

Toschi must be absolutely crackers by now. Probably stays in his office whispering to himself about how all films are basically about him. He probably even thinks he's Spartacus...

[Achim]

 

I think they menioned him Ingrid Zodiac DVD, that he has actually stayed quite normal. He is actually almost nothing like Bullit or Harry and does way more office work than those guys. or was that something Ruffalo said in the movie...?

[Dragonfire]

I remember in Zodiac when he went to the theater and some some of the one movie.

[Najemikon]

I think they menioned him Ingrid Zodiac DVD, that he has actually stayed quite normal. He is actually almost nothing like Bullit or Harry and does way more office work than those guys. or was that something Ruffalo said in the movie...?

He certainly made the comment about "due process" as he came out of the cinema, kind of suggesting there was a lot more to it than just going out and grabbing the culprits.

"Ingrid"? 

[Achim]

 

I have no idea wher Ingrid came from Must have misspelled "in" (which is bad enough) and the the iPad's auto spell took it from there...