
Early Errol Morris documentary intersplices random chatter he captured on film of the genuinely eccentric residents of Vernon, Florida. A few examples? The preacher giving a sermon on the definition of the word "Therefore," and the obsessive turkey hunter who speaks reverentially of the "gobblers" he likes to track down and kill.... (Full plot summary below)
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Early Errol Morris documentary intersplices random chatter he captured on film of the genuinely eccentric residents of Vernon, Florida. A few examples? The preacher giving a sermon on the definition of the word "Therefore," and the obsessive turkey hunter who speaks reverentially of the "gobblers" he likes to track down and kill.
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| Film Freak CentralWalter Chawa Platonic dialogue in that it's suspiciously like a monologue disguised as an exchange. |
| Stream on DemandSean AxmakerIf anything, it confirms the cliché that truth is stranger than fiction. You couldn't make up these interviews. |
| DeciderJade Budowski...something truly special, both funny and moving, strange and captivating. |
| Movie NationRoger MooreStill a quirky, deadpan classic even if it isn't aging nearly as well as you'd hope. |
| Not Coming to a Theater Near YouRumsey TaylorVernon at first appears to be an exploitative display of the fluent eccentricities of a rural compendium and becomes collectively applicable, even relevant. |
| The DissolveNoel MurrayMorris' first two films are as carefully composed and thematically complex as any scripted drama. |
| User ReviewJames RPerfect quirky documentary about cooky old men and people who will become cooky old men in a Podunk Floridian town. No narration. No back story. No real event or obvious purpose for existing. Things said by these people made me have to double take quite often in the short 56 minute run-time. Even though one would call these ordinary people, as characters they are brilliantly diverse and interesting. "This here is a gofer," says a lanky old man holding a turtle he just pulled out of one of his DIY chain link cages. |
| User ReviewTony HA series of interviews that Errol Morris skilfully lets take centre stage. Both the film and it's subjects unusual, engrossing and strangely endearing. |
| User ReviewCraig GThis film has stuck with me and grown larger in my mind long after my first viewing. A fascinating portrait of life in a small Florida town, told by its inhabitants. I find this to be the most bittersweet of Morris' films, I think it has the greatest possibility for two different viewers to walk away, one finding the film hilarious, the other finding it sad. In my mind, they're both right. |
| User ReviewChris GStrange, Real People. You did it again. Funny as hell. |