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.
There is a documentary element in my films, a very strong documentary element, but by documentary element, I mean an element that's out of control, t… - Errol Morris
There is a documentary element in my films, a very strong documentary element, but by documentary element, I mean an element that's out of control, t…
- Errol Morris
I like to point out that people very often confuse the idea that truth is subjective with the fact that truth is perishable. - Errol Morris
I like to point out that people very often confuse the idea that truth is subjective with the fact that truth is perishable.
I'm really interested in self-deception. Really interested in how people live in bubble universes. How people can fail to see the seemingly obvious. - Errol Morris
I'm really interested in self-deception. Really interested in how people live in bubble universes. How people can fail to see the seemingly obvious.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it without a sense of ironic futility. - Errol Morris
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it without a sense of ironic futility.
I believe we have two ideas about how movies are made in our heads. Idealizations. Platonic ideals. One of them is of a movie that is completely unco… - Errol Morris
I believe we have two ideas about how movies are made in our heads. Idealizations. Platonic ideals. One of them is of a movie that is completely unco…
My stuff always starts with interviews. I start interviewing people, and then slowly but surely, a movie insinuates itself. - Errol Morris
My stuff always starts with interviews. I start interviewing people, and then slowly but surely, a movie insinuates itself.
If you asked me what makes the world go round, I would say self-deception. Self-deception allows us to create a consistent narrative for ourselves th… - Errol Morris
If you asked me what makes the world go round, I would say self-deception. Self-deception allows us to create a consistent narrative for ourselves th…
The proper route to an understanding of the world is an examination of our errors about it. - Errol Morris
The proper route to an understanding of the world is an examination of our errors about it.
People can burn archives; people can destroy evidence, but to say that history is perishable, that historical evidence is perishable, is different th… - Errol Morris
People can burn archives; people can destroy evidence, but to say that history is perishable, that historical evidence is perishable, is different th…
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