This one takes it a little too far, though.
I feel very guilty about enjoying "the most interesting man in the world" ads by Dos Equis.
Wow, the commenters at Sociological Images are weird:
Truly strange, especially the one with the bacon. Why is there so much pressure applied to that white bread bacon sandwich? Is there an implication that anything other than force makes it a sandwich? As for the guy eating it, stripped to the waste? What is that about? Some kind of post-masturbation fantasy?
"Stripped to the waste" is an excellent phrase.
Gah!
Morris has confused what he does well with what he does annoyingly that we all put up with.
The first time I encountered any Errol Morris was when I saw Vernon, Florida and Gates of Heaven (I still think they're two of his best) in the mid '80s in at the New Varsity (pretty sure it was the name, there was an attached restaurant) in Palo Alto*. Good stuff. But I too find the ads extremely annoying.
*It was during one of the best two weeks of "working" I've had, days at a "training" class in a freezing room with a bunch of Lisp Machines in the old D.C. Power building (once the home of SAIL and at the time it still seemed to have some computer music people working there—in fact some of them seemed to be living there) at the top of campus, evenings and the weekend exploring the area.
I suppose it's hardly surprising that whenever I see "Errol Morris" I immediately think of Earl Morris.
(When googled earl morris to find something to link to that was the only hit on the first page of results referring to the Earl Morris in question. There was even a section of results for errol morris in the middle of the page.)
9: Am I right to understand that he was a really key contributor to relatively early work in Canyon de Chelly.
Am I the only one who found his blog posts so long as to be nearly unreadable? Although that may have changed since I gave up during his Crimean series.
10: I know he did some work there, yes, although he's mostly associated with his work at Aztec.
11: Yeah, he goes on, but I ultimately found the Crimean set of posts worthwhile. Especially since he did in fact figure out if the photos were faked or not.
Especially since he did in fact figure out if the photos were faked or not.
Right, but it was clear he was going to get there from the first post. My only issue is with how he narrated getting there. The non-narrative side of the work was very good.