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Luka Rocco Magnotta is pictured in Berlin in a court photo.The Canadian Press

Jurors will begin deliberating the fate of Luka Rocco Magnotta on Tuesday with an overwhelming amount of material to consider, including a mountain of video evidence.

While they saw video of a gruesome dismemberment as well as tape from surveillance cameras, the Crown was not allowed to show them two other pieces of footage at Mr. Magnotta's first-degree murder trial.

Prosecutor Louis Bouthillier wanted the jury to watch the movie Basic Instinct and an audition tape Mr. Magnotta made in 2008 for a reality TV show called Plastic Makes Perfect.

The 1992 film starring Sharon Stone came up repeatedly during the trial, with the Crown suggesting the movie helped inspire the accused given parallels between the film and the case.

Mr. Bouthillier proposed that the jurors watch the movie and decide for themselves. The defence argued there were no links.

"It's a movie, it's dramatic, it's not meant to be evidence in the trial, it's made for entertainment value," defence lawyer Luc Leclair said.

In the end, Quebec Superior Court Justice Guy Cournoyer did not allow the film to be seen. Before his ruling, he said he tried watching it at home.

"To me, the idea that we would watch this whole movie, it's unnecessary, it's time-consuming and, to be plain, frank and honest, I fell asleep last night trying to watch it," Justice Cournoyer said. "This is not a movie which has supported the test of time very nicely. It's such a bore."

The Crown also wanted the jury to see the audition tape, hoping it would support the Crown's argument that Mr. Magnotta has narcissistic personality disorders, not schizophrenia.

"My looks, my body are my life," Mr. Magnotta says during the taping as he tries to secure a spot on the show.

Justice Cournoyer acknowledged the evidence was key, calling it a "game changer" and dismissing the defence's argument it was a "smear campaign" against his client.

"This is hardly smearing, it's Mr. Magnotta's own words and it does seem to contradict to a certain extent the state of his mental condition and his medical condition," Justice Cournoyer said.

However, the judge ruled the 2008 tape was too far removed from the 2012 charges Mr. Magnotta faced.

"It's probably the most powerful piece of evidence the Crown would have," Mr. Leclair acknowledged before the judge's ruling.

Mr. Magnotta's lawyer only confirmed a few days before the trial was to start that his client would admit the physical acts of the crimes. It did little to change the length of the trial or the number of witnesses the jury heard.

The defence left the door open for Mr. Magnotta to take the stand until the very end. "Everything is on the table, nothing has been finalized," Mr. Leclair told the court as he prepared to present his final witnesses.

Ultimately, the accused maintained his right to silence.

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