Errol Morris Essays

  • Errol Morris, The Thin Blue Line (1988)

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    people’s lives. Example of that is the film created by Errol Morris, The Thin Blue Line (1988). Errol Morris, born in 1948, is a very successful documentary film maker. Gates of Heaven (1978); Vernon, Florida (1981); Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997); First Person (TV series, 2000); The Fog of War (2003); Standard Operating Procedure (2008), are the most famous documentaries that he made followed up by his latest, The Unknown Known (2013). Errol also made many commercials and short films/documentaries

  • Thin Blue Line Essay

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    Blue Line (1988) is ‘a film that successfully argued that a man was wrongly convicted of murder by a corrupt justice system in Dallas County, Texas.’ (Chislom). This documentary is filmed and directed by the award-winning director and filmmaker, Errol Morris; it centred around Randall Dale Adams; a 27-year-old worker and 16-year old David Harris. These two males were suspect of the murder of Dallas police officer, Robert W Wood in 1978. This documentary is structured to persuade the audience to believe

  • America's Flawed Legal System Illustrated in the Film, The Thin Blue Line

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    they do not commit. This is reality of wrecked system that is resulted by injustice and corruption. Ultimately, Errol Morris confirms this reality based on a true story of an innocent convicted Randal Adams for a criminal case by creating a film, The Thin Blue Line. David Harris, an important accuser, claims Adams was a murderer and shot Robert Wood, a Dallas police officer. With Morris’ suspicion of Adams’ innocence, he turns himself to be a detective movie director and investigates the criminal

  • The Thin Blue Line Summary

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    Anthony Maddalon, “Movie Response TBL”, 2/13/17, Alicia Hammond [section 01D] The movie The Thin Blue Line by Errol Morris inadvertently touches on the issues of memory and how memory can be linked to bias. One being the different schemas for crime scenes, criminals, kids, out of towners, and townspeople. From these schemas and spreading activation, bias can be shown in the depictive image formed. The documentary gathered witness statements and interviews to show re-enactments throughout the film

  • Film Analysis: The Thin Blue Line

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    reliability of documentary truth. Director Errol Morris investigated the conviction and subsequent sentence of Randall Adams for the murder of Officer Woods. The intent, just as in a traditional documentary, is serious, but the form and style used is also an intense examination of truth and the representation of truth. The Thin Blue Line draws on detective film genres alluding to the conditioned expectations of viewers that affect their understanding. Morris uses archive footage and his goal for using

  • Murray Richman, Errol Analysis

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    The definition of a lawyer is a person who practices or studies law. In Errol Morris’ interview of lawyer Murray Richman, Errol asks Murray many questions about the morality and some of his court cases involving the mobsters at the time. Some people may think Murray is in the wrong due to the fact that he is allowing crime to prevail. They say this because Murray is using his abilities as a lawyer to help his clients get acquitted in their court cases. This means that the mobsters who truthfully

  • Jeannie Morris's Brian Piccolo: A Short Season

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    Jeannie Morris's Brian Piccolo: A Short Season displays that even the most diverse individuals can become best friends. Abraham Lincoln once said "Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?" Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers could not have been more distant, yet they became the closest of friends. One was white, one was black. One was from the south and one was from the mid-west. One was a first round draft pick the other was signed as a free agent; both had open hearts. Brian

  • Philip Morris Marketing Analysis

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    Philip Morris Marketing Analysis Definition of Industry Market Concept The tobacco industry consists of many competitors trying to satisfy a specific customer need. Companies such as Philip Morris, RJ Reynolds, Brown and Williamson, and Lorillard hold almost the entire market share in the tobacco industry. While each company has different advertising and marketing techniques, they all target the same customer group. Tobacco companies try their best to generate interest in their particular brand

  • Philip Morris Anti Smoking Campaign Essay

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    The Philip Morris Anti Smoking Campaign Traditionally, many advertisements released by cigarette brands under the Philip Morris label have depicted happy people joined together in friendship (supposedly due to their common habit). Other advertisements attempted to associate cigarettes with sleek mystical figures, sometimes even sexually desirable ones. All this has changed, however, due to recent legal developments in which the cigarette giant was pressured to offer anti-smoking ads, in addition

  • The Absurdity of Scientific Creationism

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    creationists and intelligent design advocates like Henry M. Morris and Michael J. Behe respectively, the attack on Darwin is no longer argued as religion versus evolution per se, but rather one Alegitimate@ scientific theory against another. Here, we examine some of the scientific arguments presented by Henry M. Morris in his various publications. As a biology major, I find Morris= writings fascin... ... middle of paper ... ...nd John D. Morris. The Modern Creation Trilogy: Science & Creation.

  • Tempting Fate: Essay on "The Monkeys Paw"

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    the story Mr. White denies the seriousness of the paw. When he says, “Well, why don’t you have three sir”, he is in a way mocking Morris and the criticalness of the paw. The effects of disturbing fate do not even occur to him at this point and his intrigue and human greed override his judgment. “If you don’t want it, Morris, give it to me”, Mr. White had said after Morris threw the paw in the fire. This is where Mr. White made his first mistake. Mrs. White on the other hand manages to keep a cool head

  • Monism vs Dualism

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    ultimate “category of being” this means that either the person is made up of only the body or only the mind (Morris p155). Dualists hold the belief that existence is based upon the body as well as the mind and its mental properties (Morris p155). There are two basic types of monism. The first view is materialism, which states, “All that exists is matter, configured into material objects” (Morris p155). In other words materialists believe everything that exists is purely physical. Materialists believe

  • What’s in a Name?

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    PAULINA MORRIS, my dad didn't want any other poor children within earshot to think they were in trouble; however, he did intend for everyone within a five-mile radius to hear that I was in for it. When my mother had to call out my name in order to reprimand me, even if it was in private, she had to pretend we were in church or something. Her voice became very low pitched, almost a whisper, and then came the recitation of the three lovely words with which I had been baptized, JANET PAULINA MORRIS. Though

  • Washington Square

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    you had to have what happened to her happen, or else we wouldn’t have such a depressing story. I tell you though, I’m glad my daddy isn’t rich or I would swear off guys as well. I felt so horrible when I knew before her what Morris was like. Which brings me to Morris Townsend. He’s a rat, I smelt a rat from the beginning but I figured it was just because for me guys for the most part are always rats. But of course he was after her money, she was “plain” and her father was “rich” no her father

  • morris - the red house

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    crafts movement -- opens to the public this week after 140 years in private ownership. Described by painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti as "more a poem than a house," the realized utopian vision of Victorian writer, designer and political activist William Morris is a spectacular reflection of the ideals of a man who insisted that homes should contain nothing that isn't beautiful. Supported by a brotherhood of heritage-minded organizations, the UK's National Trust splashed out £2 million in January 2003 to

  • Who is Dick Morris?

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    DICK MORRIS: SPIN POLITICS AND PARTISANSHIP BLUES On the turntable of American politics Dick Morris has established himself as a masterful disk jockey. However, his ability to artistically mix campaign messages has earned him a scratched personal reputation. The rhetoric of Dick Morris transcends partisan boundaries to such a degree that it lacks foundation. His career has earned him praise but at the expense of intense scorn. His political strategy and poll based campaigning have earned him

  • A Vampire’s Touch: Exploring Sexual Nature in Dracula

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    Jonathan and Sexuality Jonathan Harker, Mina Murray’s fiancé, represents a typical human dealing with sexual desires. He knows for certain that he wants to marry and spend the rest of his life with Mina but still struggles with natural, sexual urges. The reader clearly detects Jonathan’s struggle when he encounters the three vampire ladies in Dracula’s castle. As he lies there, Jonathan feels “an agony of delightful anticipation,” and also describes one of the ladies as having “a deliberate voluptuousness

  • Dracula And Feminism

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    In terms of feminist theory, Dracula is much like that of Henry Ibsen’s A Doll’s House; both portraying the role of women (or lack thereof) in a Victorian setting. During the turn of the century women did not have the freedom granted to them today and not much was expected of them in terms of masculine obligations. Men were expected to be smart and strong while women were supposed to be motherly, gentle, and nurturing. For example: the superiority of men over women in Dracula is made clear when Lucy

  • Dracula

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    In the novel "Dracula" by Bram Stoker There are many characters but there is only one specific character that stands out from the rest and that character is count Dracula, while the rest of the characters are good. Dracula is an evil person. Dracula kills for a living in order to survive but he is also the main point of the novel he is probably the most important character in the novel. But how can you tell Dracula is the most important character in the novel? Well, simply because Bram Stoker chose

  • Sexual And Sexual Repression In Bram Stoker's Dracula

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    Throughout decades of cheesy horror movies, the image of vampires have been misconstrued as sparkly, angsty teenage boys or handsome men that lure in girls for the fresh blood of a virgin. Many of these stereotypical vampires are influenced by the story of Dracula, held in the Victorian era. During this period, sexuality is repressed by society, as sexual behaviors from women are viewed as unacceptable. Yet, many of the stories published about vampires diverge from the message that Bram Stoker was