Aside from Sharon Tate, not much is known about the lives of the victims. A big reason for that is all the focus the media put on the Manson family members who committed the crimes. Jay Sebring…Cutting to the Truth changes that, as his nephew, Anthony DiMaria, who directed the documentary, takes viewers into Sebring’s life by interviewing family members, friends, and clients, along with lots of riveting archival footage. A good portion (about half) of the documentary is about Sebring’s successful career as a hairstyle. Sebring was a hairstyle to celebrities like Jim Morrison, Bruce Lee, Henry Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Steve McQueen; the list goes on-and-on. The other half investigates the truths behind the murders and his life, debunking many things that the tabloids would say about Sebring after his untimely death. The thought of why and how people could commit such a brutal crime and the shock of it all has always intrigued me. I have read many books and watched countless documentaries and films based on the murders, most recently Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood, but this is the first piece that I have come across that has told the life of one of the victims.
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