best errol morris

"The Thin Blue Line" is perfect.

possible true but I don't think it's his best movie

fog of war btw

some interesting things were said on this thread: Errol Morris' 'Standard Operating Procedure'

also: Errol Morris' Fog of War

favorite to least:

Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (helps that i didn't know anything about leuchter beforehand)
The Thin Blue Line
Standard Operating Procedure
Fast, Cheap and Out of Control
The Fog of War

(quality drops off here)

A Brief History of Time
Gates of Heaven

factoring out those i haven't seen, my favourite -> least favourite is basically the same as yours if you flip it upside down. gates of heaven! i watched that with someone i didn't know very well once and spooked them into thinking i was interested in the cemetery business, but it's such a resonant film.

vernon florida is his best movie by far no competition - anyone who doesnt even hav it on their list i just dont know

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Gates of Heaven
Vernon, Florida

^^ both of these rule

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i would watch a concert film of that guy wailing off a cliff for an hour and a half

I think I need to rewatch Thin Blue Line bcz I don't remember it being as spectacular as others say.

I gasped w/joy at this thread title btw.

i would watch a concert film of that guy wailing off a cliff for an hour and a half

― corps of discovery (schlump), Monday, March 30, 2009 11:20 AM

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u lost one wingman :( but we destroyed tokyo :D

yeah, sounds like Patton has nothin on that evil motherfucker

I like Mr. Death because I am morbid and depressed.

one thing that struck me about watching the fog of war recently is that, in some ways, it has more to say about the financial crisis than the war in iraq. if robert mcnamara had been born 40 years later, he'd be the CEO of citibank.

I mean...

He became an Eagle Scout, and graduated in 1937 from the University of California, Berkeley, with a Bachelor of Arts in economics with minors in mathematics and philosophy, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his sophomore year, and earned a varsity letter in crew. He was a member of the UC Berkeley Golden Bear Battalion, Army ROTC. He then earned a master's degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1939.

xp iatee: On the other hand if he was born in 1959 - assuming the same birthplace of Oakland, CA - he probably would have a far different outlook on things.

yeah that's very true

http://www.errolmorris.com/content/shortfilms/oscarmovie.html

^^^ no this no credibilty

no those suck.

wait what u dont love the brown whiteboard ads

no those suck.

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, March 31, 2009 12:36 AM

ya well that thing u linked to sucked so ur even

"Life's unfair. And Ernest Goes To Jail tell us that."

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Gotta go with Thin Blue Line, here. Some of the others are more entertaining, and FOW is probably a more "important" film, but TBL got a dude released from death row in motherfucking Texas, and that is just bada$$.

Fast, Cheap and Out of Control edges out Gates of Heaven and Thin Blue Line

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Hammer Museum is screening Gates of Heaven at 9:15 tonight (free)

yeahhhhh, still def vernon, florida

Tabloid? Quite entertaining, but not as nutritious as usual.

Still, what DO cloned puppies have to do with a 32-year-old sex-in-chains case?

gates of heaven and vernon fl kinda robbed here but i guess it's closely packed at the top. the book he's got out is just a compendium/synthesis of his times blogposts right?

i think somewhat extended but yeah. i read a review of it & thought i might get it, though (it flagged up a mistake regarding a discussion on sontag but was otherwise v positive about its approach), in spite of not quite having been able to engage with the column when it was in print.

Still, what DO cloned puppies have to do with a 32-year-old sex-in-chains case?

she crazy. and willing to go to extreme lengths to get what wants (or thinks she needs).

Maybe Tabloid will come together in my head at some point, but I didn't enjoy watching it much. I would have felt a lot less like I was gawking at this woman if I'd liked her in some way. After six or seven films, I just don't think Morris is for me--The Fog of War is the only one I liked.

vernon, florida

also liked gates of heaven but didn't like thin blue line too much - prefer when there's sort of less to tell. when there's less to tell there's more space and i like that more

Just finished Gates of Heaven for the first time. Ummm... I seriously think this movie might have made me physically ill because of how powerful and moving it was.