by Errol Morris
First published 2010
This collection brings together conversations with documentary filmmaker Errol Morris from across his career. Born in 1948, Morris created some of America's most innovative films including The Thin Blue Line, Fast Cheap and Out of Control, the Academy Award winning The Fog of War, and Standard Operating Procedure. His work has influenced generations of filmmakers, scholars, and movie lovers. Morris developed his distinctive approach through various roles as private investigator, film programmer, and commercial director. His films combine intense personal interviews with dramatic recreations and modernist music. Morris brings complexity, irony, and dark humor to each project while challenging what documentaries can accomplish. The volume includes striking interviews spanning his entire career plus intimate discussions never published before. These conversations reveal Morris's unique formal and technical methods that have redefined documentary cinema.
Genres: biography, 20th-century, non-fiction, 21st-century, film
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: interviews, personal-journey
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
224 pages · Hardcover · University Press of Mississippi