When Errol Morris was a graduate student in philosophy at University of California Berkeley, he made a “pilgrimage” to the California Medical Facility prison in Vacaville. Interested in insanity pleas and murder, the future Oscar-winning documentarian was there to interview the serial killer Ed Kemper. But while at the CMF, …
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E rrol Morris is not one for adversarial interviews. Whether he’s talking to alleged murderers or mourning pet owners, defense secretaries or political svengalis — the documentarian has no interest in moving deftly through a list of questions until he gets to some satisfying gotcha. He’d rather just talk it …
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Timothy Leary‘s longtime partner Joanna Harcourt-Smith recalls one of her early trips with the acid advocate in the first look at Errol Morris‘ upcoming documentary on Leary, set to premiere on Showtime later this year. The as-yet-titled film was inspired by Harcourt-Smith’s memoir, Tripping the Bardo With Timothy Leary: My …
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