Gates of Heaven ; : Vernon, Florida

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Call Number: DVD 636.088 Ga
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Gates of heaven, fullscreen (1.33:1)
Vernon, Florida, widescreen (1.66:1)
Gates of heaven originally released as a motion picture in 1978; Vernon, Florida originally released as a motion picture in 1981.
Special features: New interviews with Morris; Werner Herzog eats his shoe (1980), a twenty-minute film by Les Blank featuring Herzog fufilling a bet intended to inspire Morris to complete his first feature; Footage of Herzog professing his admiration of "Gates of heaven" at the 1980 Telluride Film Festival; An essay by critic Eric Hynes.
Errol Morris changed the face of documentary filmmaking in the US, and his career began with two remarkable tales of American eccentricity: Gates of heaven (1978) (82 min.) The first uses two Southern California pet cemeteries as the bases for a profound and funny rumination on love, loss, and industry; Vernon, Florida (1981) (55 min.) the second travels to a languorous southern backwater and meets a handful of fascinating folks; a determined turkey hunter, a curious minister, a laconic policeman, engaged in individualistic, sometimes absurd pursuits.
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2 for 1! submitted by jibkidder on July 27, 2022, 8:45am A great double dip into the early documentaries of Errol Morris. In many ways, these are superior to some of his better known works that follow. Both have aged very well, they are strange and funny and singular.