Bill Moyers interviews Errol Morris on 'The Thin Blue Line' (1989)
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- Опубликовано: 15 дек 2014
- Right after a PBS broadcast of the film in 1989, journalist Bill Moyers sat down with the film's director to talk about the film and the murder case.
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I've read Adams's book a few times ("Adams v. Texas") and seen Morris's film too many times to count. Interesting case, great documentary, and it's probably a huge reason for why I'm a True Crime buff today. For what he needlessly endured and his activism afterwards, Adams is a hero in my book. He's gone now, and I'm sorry I never got to meet him and shake his hand.
Randall's brother basically vanished after the trial and, last I knew, his whereabouts are still unknown. Nobody speaks about that.
Mark Daniels.......I met Mr. Adams a few times. A friend of mine went to school with him. He was a kind man. I liked him. He was done horribly wrong!
@@GarethColquhoun ..... No he NEVER did, at least while I was in contact with him.
OMG, Michael Cera's affect in the new Twin Peaks wasn't a parody of Brando. His way of speaking was Morris at its core.
Great. I can't unsee this now
ERROL!! Look at that young handsome devil.
Super video. This has got to be one of the great clips of the entire RUclips. Thanks ClassicVideoGoodies.
Godspeed to you, Randy. 🌻🙏
Errol Morris is amazing!
*_Texas is a scary place._*
That's why I love it.
Having many times visited across Texas it is a great and terrible all together. That’s why I simultaneously love and hate it
No Country for Old Men.
I've watch the Thin Blue Line about ten times! Great film and I did wonder why Randal Adams' brother did not help him out. Now we know!
If this film had a narrator, that point about Randall's brother could've been easily clarified with a short narration. But since the film relies all on the comments from the interviewees, it can't do that if no interviewee actually says it. In films like this, every interviewee is potentially an "unreliable narrator," just like the detective in the film who says Randall's brother didn't testify, but in fact he did.
The jury may have been the dumbest people on the planet to believe Emily Miller (or any of those degenerates’ testimonies). She essentially lied and put a man to death- I hope she’s rotting away on the side of a curb.
GREAT INTERVIEW
10:12 How interesting that Bill Moyers had his own Rashomon-effect watching the reenactments.
Wow, Hamilton is the very image of him.
smart dude
Erol you’re awesome!
When EGON frees an innocent man...
Le réalisateur du film portant sur l’affaire Adams et qui a contribué à l’innocenter
How ironic that Morris falls into a Rashomon-like rabbit hole in "Wilderness of Error."
Could you please explain further? That's on my reading list.
Christian Skipper Well, I submitted an article to a magazine, so hopefully it gets accepted. ;-) But briefly, I caught key errors in statements that Morris makes about the Tate-LaBianca murders, which to me indicates that he is shoehorning some facts to make a “cult killing” of Colette and the girls more plausible. Also, after his reliance on Stoeckley I went over her statements and watched her 1982 videotaped “confession,” then watched Jeffrey MacDonald’s interview with Mike Wallace of CBS in 1983, went through Morris’ take on the physical evidence, and what I came away with was that Morris is trying to poke enough holes to cast doubt, while omitting or distorting facts that contradict his view. Incidentally, Morris has since admitted in an interview that he regrets some of his assertions and was selective in his facts, though he still thinks MacDonald didn’t kill his wife and kids.
AmusedChild Perhaps Morris felt that his shit-detector was infallible after The Thin Blue Line. Just curious, what magazine did you submit your article to?
Christian Skipper I don't want to say which one yet, because my article is freelance and unsolicited, but if it's accepted I'll let you know. (If you want, you can read my review of "The Invisible History of the Human Race" in the March/April issue of Skeptical Inquirer.) Yes, I was made uncomfortable by how many times he referred to or was introduced as the director of The Thin Blue Line, as if the Randall Adams case could have anything to do with the Jeffrey MacDonald case. But the book is worth reading - it's just that Morris left out so much!
Hmm, left out so much that didn't fit his theory...I shall have to look up your review sometime. Good luck on the article.
bill moyers is a fuckin gent