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DOCUMENTARY APPRECIATION CLASS

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

ERROL MORRIS' FIRST PERSON















(2000) Director:
Errol Morris

DVD
NETFLIX

SUMMARY:

Hailed by Roger Ebert as "one of America's strangest and most brilliant documentary filmmakers" Errol Morris brings his unrivaled talents to the small screen for a stylized series of intimate interviews with a unique and fascinating array of people. With the aid of his "Interrotron" an innovative camera device Morris invented to maintain merciless eye contact with his subjects the Oscar winning director puts his odd assortment of eclectic characters and atypical topics under the microscope to produce "revelatory whip-smart television" (Baltimore City Paper).

VIDEO: Episode 'One hell of a tale'



Other episodes:
One in a Million Trillion
Mr. Debt

Errol Morris' aborted projects:
Donald Trump discusses Citizen Kane
The True Strangeness of the Universe

REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS, CREDITS:
  • Errol Morris talks about FIRST PERSON (Audio Interview)
  • 'Stranger than Fiction: Errol Morris Breathes New Life into Television Programming' from newenglandfilm.com
  • 'The Oddities and Frights of Errol Morris’ First Person' from Chasing Lions
  • 'Errol Morris' Stairway to Heaven: An Exploration of the First Person Narrative' from Senses of Cinema
  • Review from Digitally Obsessed

NOTES:
  • Errol Morris' official site
  • Errol Morris discusses his invention 'The Interrotron'
Posted by Documentary Appreciation Class at 8:00 AM
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Documentary Appreciation Class
COURSE REQUIREMENTS: Obtain by any means, watch, and research little known, overlooked, and classic documentary films. In addition you will be required to post your findings here should you find the film of merit. IMPORTANT: Projects are due AT THE START of the class.
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