OPENING NIGHT GALA Werner Herzog explores the human consequences of a triple homicide in Texas. He interviews the victims’ families and the convicted killers—including a 28-year-old man on death row, eight days before his execution. Once again, Herzog turns ominous territory into an enlightening journey. After the film’s debut at the Telluride and Toronto film festivals, critics hailed […]
“Part of what I love about documentary is this idea that you can reinvent the form every time you make one,” Errol Morris once said. This conversation will explore his reinventions, including the titles presented in this Spotlight section as well as films such as Fast, Cheap & Out of Control and the Oscar-winning Fog […]
GALA: Sun. Nov. 7, 2010 – 7pm (NYU’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts) “Tabloid is a return to my favorite genre,” writes Errol Morris. “Sick, sad and funny, but, of course, it’s more than that. It is a meditation on how we are shaped by the media and even more powerfully, by ourselves.” At […]