Besides Fog of War, I hadn't seen another Errol Morris documentary until I rented Vernon, Florida, on Matt Brown's suggestion. It's 56 minutes long of interviews with mostly old men. You never hear the questions, they're just talking at the camera. Topics include: opposums, fishing in a dead mule's body in a swamp, turkey hunting, turkey hunting as a cure for diahhrea, oak trees as signs from God, wigglers, books, brains, cops hiding and not hiding, and other things. It was made in 1981. I want to start watching documentaries made around this time, find out what the world looked like when we were just born.
Anyway, I highly recommend this one. There are subtitles, it's hard to understand with your ears what the accents are muddying sometimes, and it's not the kind of thing that isn't a respectful documentary. And, unlike Herzog, Morris is entirely absent as a persona. That' a nice relief, right?
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i'd like to find out about fishing from a dead mule. that sounds like something i could get behind. i should watch more documentaries. i love old men.
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