My existence has significantly improved because Errol Morris exists on this earth.
Posted by robyngiannini on March 19th, 2007
I’ve been away all weekend in Georgia, so I just got to watching Gates of Heaven tonight. And let me tell you, it is one of those things where I have hope for this entire universe and all of mankind because Errol Morris shares our oxygen supply. Gates of Heaven was brilliant. It was brilliant because it is real, and Morris manages to perfectly capture the absurbity of reality itself. He has managed to catch a piece of life itself and put it on film. I am infinitely impressed.
Brad was saying today how Morris had the power of editing, and the difference that probably made in the documentary. I agree with this–he has created the movie, rather than it really being just life. But I think it is justifiable for him to do so. Every shot, every scene–everything about the way the movie is set up is so perfectly and horribly real. I loved the old lady on the porch, the stream of consciousness, these people…I need to own this movie, and watch it all the time. Let’s keep discussing it!