A Post-Murders film about Lizzie and Emma
As I was rewatching The Legend of Lizzie Borden, it occurred to me no one's ever done anything focussed on the period after her acquittal.
Easy to understand why, as the murders still remain unsolved, and murders are more dramatic.
But I'd be interested in seeing a film, or even better a mini-series, provided it was well-researched and based on as many facts as possible. There was still a lot of drama in their lives after the murders, and up until their deaths.
What I'd like to know, or see, is what was their relationship like after the acquittal, and up to the point where Emma left the house they purchased together on the hill?
WHY did Emma leave? Whatever the reason, it must have been something huge, as she left hurriedly and they never spoke again. Or even wrote one another. Was it because, as some have speculated, Lizzie had a relationship with Nance O'Neil? Was it because she came to realise Lizzie did commit the murders? Did Lizzie confess it to her in the heat of an argument?
How uncomfortable was it for them, the rest of their lives, living in Fall River? Why did they stay?
What was Lizzie's life like when she was going to New York, out on the town, when she met Nance? Those would be fun scenes.
Then there was the scandal about Lizzie's shoplifting two paintings, where she was supposedly forced to sign a confession in exchange for keeping it hushed up.
Would you be interested in seeing this? Any things you'd like to see in it, questions speculated upon, scenes you think would be interesting?