First Person

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2000–20012000–2001
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8h 11min

Amazing series primarily using Errol Morris' invention the Interrotron for unusual people to tell their outré stories directly into the camera to the viewer. Almost every half-hour documenta... Read allAmazing series primarily using Errol Morris' invention the Interrotron for unusual people to tell their outré stories directly into the camera to the viewer. Almost every half-hour documentary episode focused on 1 person, especially scientists, criminals, cranks, plus everyday fo... Read allAmazing series primarily using Errol Morris' invention the Interrotron for unusual people to tell their outré stories directly into the camera to the viewer. Almost every half-hour documentary episode focused on 1 person, especially scientists, criminals, cranks, plus everyday folks in strange circumstances. First season seen on Bravo, second on IFC. Having a roaming ... Read all

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Amazing series primarily using Errol Morris' invention the Interrotron for unusual people to tell their outré stories directly into the camera to the viewer. Almost every half-hour documentary episode focused on 1 person, especially scientists, criminals, cranks, plus everyday folks in strange circumstances. First season seen on Bravo, second on IFC. Having a roaming crew at the ready led Morris to start filming his Academy Award winning documentary on Robert McNamara, "The Fog of War." Some subjects came from Morris' back-file, others were newly uncovered. First season included the autistic woman scientist who designs humane slaughterhouses (Temple Grandin, "Stairway to Heaven"), the parrot whose testimony in a trial exonerated a man wrongly accused of murdering his owner, the ex-lobster fisherman devoted to being the first to see a live giant squid ("Eyeball to Eyeball"), and a serial killer groupie. Second season had some 2 parters such as a haunted passenger who landed a crashing jet liner, also the dot.com entrepreneur who believes first mate Gilligan is the new messiah ! Errol Morris hoped to continue "First Person," but funding was unavailable. —David Stevens

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Intriguing

Stellar interviews with the most intriguing people I've ever seen speak. Through a shade of quirkiness, I found many of the stories very informative, inspiring and touching. I didn't know "STRANGE" can have so much charm.

Morris' "Interrotron" holds a very intimate conversation into the minds of creative and eccentric thinkers. Is it his interviewing skills? Skills in finding interesting people? Who knows...

I just know that after listening to each of his subjects speak, they become unforgettable, driven by passion of a good game in life, bordering on forgivable obsessions. The conversations are animated and genuine. Somehow through candid honesty a hilarity is captured.

An enjoyable documentary.

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