Episode 367: Errol Morris

Errol Morris is the director of The Thin Blue Line and The Fog of War. His latest film is American Dharma.

“I don’t make films because it makes sense to make them. Probably if I thought carefully about whether they made sense, I would stop immediately. I make them because I have a need to do it. I have a need to think about stuff. Writing and filmmaking for me is a form of thinking. It’s an opportunity to think about something. And I enjoy it. I don’t know what I would do without filmmaking.”

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@errolmorris

errolmorris.com

[05:37] American Dharma (2019)

[11:30] The Fog of War (2003)

[11:43] Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred. A Leutcher, Jr. (1999)

[19:55] The Unknown Known (2013)

[20:49] Twelve O'Clock High (1949)

[23:31] The Searchers (1956)

[37:38] The Thin Blue Line (1988)

[38:13] Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997)

[39:46] Devil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Nationalist Uprising (Penguin • 2017)

[39:56] Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House (Henry Holt and Co. • 2018)

[41:59] “Predilections” (New Yorker • 1988)

[42:03] “The Friendly Executioner” (New Yorker • 1999)

[44:01] Gates of Heaven (1978)

[41:59] “Blood Spore” (Harper's • 2013)

[46:24] Hamilton's Pharmacopeia Docuseries (Viceland • 2016)
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Errol Morris is the director of The Thin Blue Line and The Fog of War. His latest film is American Dharma.

“I don’t make films because it makes sense to make them. Probably if I thought carefully about whether they made sense, I would stop immediately. I make them because I have a need to do it. I have a need to think about stuff. Writing and filmmaking for me is a form of thinking. It’s an opportunity to think about something. And I enjoy it. I don’t know what I would do without filmmaking.”

Thanks to Mailchimp, Pitt Writers and SAIC.

@errolmorris

errolmorris.com

[05:37] American Dharma (2019)

[11:30] The Fog of War (2003)

[11:43] Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred. A Leutcher, Jr. (1999)

[19:55] The Unknown Known (2013)

[20:49] Twelve O'Clock High (1949)

[23:31] The Searchers (1956)

[37:38] The Thin Blue Line (1988)

[38:13] Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997)

[39:46] Devil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Nationalist Uprising (Penguin • 2017)

[39:56] Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House (Henry Holt and Co. • 2018)

[41:59] “Predilections” (New Yorker • 1988)

[42:03] “The Friendly Executioner” (New Yorker • 1999)

[44:01] Gates of Heaven (1978)

[41:59] “Blood Spore” (Harper's • 2013)

[46:24] Hamilton's Pharmacopeia Docuseries (Viceland • 2016)

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