Jun 22 2008
Errol Morris – Film Documentarian Extraordinaire
Errol Morris is an innovative documentary filmmaker from the United States. I have had an ‘Errol Morris Festival’ in my Film Lit class. His newest release, in theaters right now is ‘Standard Operating Procedure’ about the scandalous policy and behavior in the Abu Ghraib Prison:
His ground-breaking “Thin Blue Line” is still causing waves 20 years after it was created. It was the firat documentary to use footage composed by the author to illustrate the crime. If yo have seen this film, you will recognize this image-
As I said, there is still controversy boiling up about this film. Morris has recently been blogging for the New York Times and the interactions have been exaulting and harrowing. Take the time too read the blog entries and comments, please:http://morris.blogs.nytimes.com/.
