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Reviews
Electrocuting an Elephant (1903)
Interesting...
It's 1909 and I think plain truth is Edison needs money. I don't know exactly who hires him to document this, but it looks like a Zoo. Basicly this is a documentation of an elephant electrocution. The whole thing is less than a minute long. You can see it in Mr.Death by Errol Morris.
First Person (2000)
My new favorite show...
Errol Morris is a great man. Re-inventing the documentary format. His films are documentary, from it's initial content, but are a lot more than that. Each of his works, and I say works to include each episode of the show, because that's what they are, they stand side to him feature films, succeed in every way. From the content standpoint, it's very informative, consice, to the point, his interviews are genuine. It's also very stylish, something Morris is known for. So, as I see it's perfect. Documentary is one of my favorite formats, but I never saw the magic that fiction films had, untill ofcourse Errol Morris.