Errol Morris worked as a private investigator for a couple of years before becoming a filmmakers and that no doubt adds to the specific quality of his interview technique. Even though we rarely hear the question he asks (in this film we only hear his voice in the final audio-only interview where Harris essentially confesses) nor does he offer narration, his touch and style is always apparent in what he manages to get out of his interviewees, and in the way he presents all the information at his disposal to make one cohesive whole... This film was influential in the techniques and style Morris adopted, he uses cinematical constructs to piece together a slice of reality, mixing interviews with reconstructions with archive footage with fetishitic shots of seemingly banal objects and artefacts. It all adds to the atmosphere and makes you fully involved in the story he is telling.
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ReplyDeleteErrol Morris worked as a private investigator for a couple of years before becoming a filmmakers and that no doubt adds to the specific quality of his interview technique. Even though we rarely hear the question he asks (in this film we only hear his voice in the final audio-only interview where Harris essentially confesses) nor does he offer narration, his touch and style is always apparent in what he manages to get out of his interviewees, and in the way he presents all the information at his disposal to make one cohesive whole... This film was influential in the techniques and style Morris adopted, he uses cinematical constructs to piece together a slice of reality, mixing interviews with reconstructions with archive footage with fetishitic shots of seemingly banal objects and artefacts. It all adds to the atmosphere and makes you fully involved in the story he is telling.
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