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Errol Morris,
Errol Morris
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: Not Rated
: MGM
: Documentary, Biographies, Quirky Characters
: 56 min.
: English
: English, Spanish, French
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For his second documentary feature, Errol Morris originally set out to chronicle Vernon, FL, because it had the highest rate of a particular sort of insurance fraud -- dismemberment performed for profit -- than any other place in the country. Nothing of that original idea survives in the film itself. Instead, Morris seems perfectly content letting the camera roll in front of the other eccentrics he found there, using his trademark approach of simply letting his subjects do the talking themselves. Many of them exhibit unusually close relationships to animals, including a turtle keeper, a worm farmer, and most memorably, an extremely enthusiastic turkey hunter. Other highlights include a sermon offering a close reading on the significance of the word "therefore" and a couple with a jar of sand from White Sands, NM, that they insist, thanks to radiation, has begun to multiply. ~ Keith Phipps, All Movie Guide
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by CKelsey
February 27, 2006 - 11:26 AM PST
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3 out of 4 members found this review helpful
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| An amazing docu about a bunch of crazy rednecks, nice and not so nice. The growing sand was my favorite part, but the turtles, gobblers, coppers, and gars are all good for a disturbing chuckle, broham. |
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