The proper route to an understanding of the world is an examination of our errors about it.
About Errol Morris
Errol Mark Morrisis an American film director known for documentaries that interrogate the epistemology of their subjects, and the invention of the Interrotron. In 2003, his documentary film The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it without a sense of ironic futility.
American filmmaker and writer
Forty years ago this country went down a rabbit hole in Vietnam and millions died. I fear we’re going down a rabbit hole once again – and if people can stop and think and reflect on some of the ideas and issues in this movie, perhaps I’ve done some damn good here!
American filmmaker and writer
The proper route to an understanding of the world is an examination of our errors about it.
American filmmaker and writer
Listening to what people were saying wasn’t even important. But it was important to look as if you were listening to what people were saying. Actually, listening to what people are saying, to me, interferes with looking as if you were listening to what people are saying.
American filmmaker and writer