crazy love

An unsettling true story about an obsessive relationship between a married man and a beautiful, single 20-year-old woman, which began in 1957 and continues today. The key event? Sixteen years after Linda Riss had acid thrown in her face by a hitman hired by Burt Pagach, the couple married. And they’re still together.

"The sheer fascinating strangeness of the people documented could earn the pic a minor cult following." (Variety)

“It's a freak show of a fairy tale, rendered by a filmmaker who knows how to pierce tabloid reality right in its anguished, bloody heart.” (Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly)

“There's enough 'plot' in this bona fide melodrama to fill a dozen docs.” (Rob Nelson, Village Voice)

“The fascinating documentary CRAZY LOVE is a real-world story in which possessiveness, stupidity, loyalty, and need are joined together in bewildering combinations.” (David Denby, The New Yorker)