If you told me thirty years ago that people would be parodying documentary films, I never would have believed it. It wasn't clear that the films themselves even had an audience, let alone an audience for parodies of them. Errol Morris More Quotes by Errol Morris More Quotes From Errol Morris In fact, part of the Netflix series is drama.Beyond re-enactments. Why not invent something new? Errol Morris netflix why-not drama Certain kinds of intimacy emerge on a phone call that might never occur if you were sitting right next to the other person. Errol Morris next phones might I used to work as a private detective years and years ago. Errol Morris years-ago detectives years I've been horribly depressed (lately), which, as you know, can be terribly time-consuming. I mean, if you're going to do it right, that is. Errol Morris consuming knows mean Maybe today I would call Fred Leuchter and there would be two or three other documentary filmmakers interested in his story simply because of the exposure. Errol Morris three would-be two War is such a peculiar thing - inaugurated by the whims of few, affecting the fate of many. It is difficult, if not impossible, thing to understand, yet we feel compelled to describe it as though it has meaning - even virtue. It starts for reasons often hopelessly obscure, meanders on, then stops Errol Morris impossible-things fate war I am profoundly skeptical about our abilities to predict the future in general, and human behavior in particular. Errol Morris skeptical ability behavior Like all great documentaries, The Act of Killing demands another way of looking at reality. It starts as a dreamscape, an attempt to allow the perpetrators to reenact what they did, and then something truly amazing happens. The dream dissolves into nightmare and then into bitter reality. An amazing and impressive film. Errol Morris demand dream reality The pursuit of truth, properly considered, shouldn't stop short of insanity. Errol Morris pursuit insanity I believe that we face incredible obstacles in our attempts to see the world. Everything in our nature tries to deny the world around us; to refabricate it in our own image; to reinvent it for our own benefit. And so, it becomes something of a challenge, a task, to recover (or at least attempt to recover) the real world despite all the impediments to that end. Errol Morris real challenges believe A lot of the themes of my movies, the actual stories, come from tabloid stories. Errol Morris tabloids movie stories Truth is a pursuit, it's a quest. And proof is certainly in the pudding in this particular instance, because the film, and the evidence accumulated in making the film, led to this man's release from prison. And that's hardly ever happened, if it's happened at all, in any other film that I can think of. Errol Morris pudding men thinking I've always wondered where explanations end and excuses begin. Errol Morris explanation excuse ends I used to live in New York City, then when my son was two years old we moved to Cambridge Massachusetts and we've been there ever since. My son is now twenty-nine years old, so we've been up there for a while. Errol Morris new-york years son Listening to what people were saying wasn't even important. But it was important to look as if you were listening to what people were saying. Actually, listening to what people are saying, to me, interferes with looking as if you were listening to what people are saying. Errol Morris important listening people You can think of my films as cautionary tales, but you might even think of them as despairing tales, because at least in a cautionary tale, you have this idea that by listening to the story you can assure a better outcome. Whereas I'm not at all convinced that's the case. In fact, if anything, I'm convinced that it's the opposite. Errol Morris opposites ideas thinking The perfect war is started for obscure reasons, is hopelessly murderous, and accomplishes nothing. Errol Morris accomplish-nothing perfect war The first Polaroid ever took of someone in my family was my son when he was about four years old. Errol Morris four years son I think calling someone a character is a compliment. Errol Morris calling character thinking Maybe existence is ultimately a lonely thing. Errol Morris existence lonely
