On the record see profile →
Errol Morris used the Interrotron device in his documentaries
The Documentary Voice: A Specification for Investigative/For
“The Interrotron device exists so subjects look directly at the camera while talking”
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The documentary voice is a production type
The Documentary Voice: A Specification for Investigative/For
“The defining axis to encode: the video essay narrator is *thinking out loud* about an idea in the present; the documentary narrator is *walking the listener through evidence* about something that happened or is happening.”
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Errol Morris worked as a private detective
Errol Morris's collaborator prioritized stories with philosophical questions
The Documentary Voice: A Specification for Investigative/For
“I was not interested in a story unless it contained a first-semester philosophy question”
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Errol Morris is a documentary filmmaker
The Documentary Voice: A Specification for Investigative/For
“Errol Morris — the interview as forensic instrument”
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Disputed — who says what, against what see standalone →
These are things people say about Errol Morris that aren't settled fact — each one attributed to who's actually claiming it, so a claim never quietly passes as established just because it showed up in a document. Weigh it yourself.
Disputed
"The documentary's job is not chronology, it's the disassembly of an accepted account"
Asserted by Errol Morris · stance: pro
The evidence on file mostly supports this, but it's still someone's claim, not a settled fact.
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Disputed
"The documentary earns its argument by surfacing what wasn't visible before"
Unattributed assertion · stance: pro
The evidence on file mostly supports this, but it's still someone's claim, not a settled fact.
The Documentary Voice: A Specification for Investigative/For ↗