In SXSW documentary The Thief Collector, thrill-seeking fantasies turn to criminal delusions.
In 2017, antique dealer David Van Auker unknowingly came into possession of a rare stolen artwork, valued at $160 million, for which he paid a comparatively modest sum of $2,000 at an estate sale., by Willem de Kooning, had once hung at the University of Arizona Museum of Art, until thieves cut it straight out of its frame in 1985. Found decades later in the unassuming Cliff, N.M.
. “I thought, ‘Oh, I’ll dig into this a little bit.’” As Otto investigated, and spoke with the Alters’ family members, she realized there was “a much, much deeper story” to the theft and the Alters were “much more complicated” than what she read about initially. During their lifetimes, the Alters’ criminality remained obscured by their social respectability, but in their deaths, their deviance continues to be uncovered. “I was haunted by this story for months after I first found out about it,” said Otto. “This is not your traditional true crime story.”
Otto explained that “part of the puzzle was really figuring out who they were.” To do so, she turned to the family’s extensive collection of photographs and home videos, teaming up with editors to sort through 11,797 slides and hours of 8mm footage. The ephemera documented the couple’s private lives and their extensive world travels, but most importantly, it revealed a photograph of the couple at a Thanksgiving dinner in Tucson, Ariz.
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