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Concerning the films of Errol Morris

A long and meaty conversation about the work of Errol Morris.

The thing is, truth is always at the center of Morris' films, as you'd expect of a documentary filmmaker, but he also acknowledges that truth is a complicated thing; he's always toying with questions of truth and fiction. Morris' films aren't about The Truth; they're about our personal, private truths, as well as the lies and rationalizations we create for our actions. So fiction and lies and manipulation are also at the center of Morris' films. Fiction is as much the spine of his work as truth.

By Jason Kottke    Oct 16, 2009 at 11:59 am    Errol Morris   movies

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