Errol Morris

Started by snaporaz, March 04, 2003, 03:01:24 AM

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wilder

Errol Morris to Direct Photo Journalist Biopic 'Weegee'
via The Hollywood Reporter

Oscar winner Errol Morris will direct biopic Weegee, the story of photojournalist Arthur Fellig.

Self-named Weegee the Famous, Fellig was a street photographer who began working in 1930s New York chasing police cars and ambulances to capture life and death in the city. His work appeared in Vogue and Life, among other newspapers and magazines.

Emmy winner Lawrence Schiller (The Man Who Skied Down Everest) will produce Weegee via his WS Productions banner.

"Weegee may not have singlehandedly invented the noir sensibility, but without him, noir would be unimaginable," said Morris. "He recognized he was constructing his own vision of reality, replete with vivid characters — rich, poor, depraved and otherwise."

Schiller added: "Errol and I have wanted to make a film together for many years, and the connections between Weegee's own obsession in documenting antisocial behavior and our own proved to be the connection we were waiting for."

pete

did we (and the world) collectively skip his Bannon doc?
"Tragedy is a close-up; comedy, a long shot."
- Buster Keaton

wilberfan

Quote from: wilder on January 22, 2019, 07:56:24 PM
Oscar winner Errol Morris will direct biopic Weegee, the story of photojournalist Arthur Fellig.

I will be looking forward to this.  I saw an exhibit of Weegee's work at MOCA a few years ago that I really enjoyed.  Morris seems the obvious choice for a doc like this.