By exploring large-format photographer Elsa Dorfman, Errol Morris could make her more famous and possibly save the 20×24 Polaroid format. But the doc needs a buyer.
Errol Morris (The Fog of War) profiles legendary photographer Elsa Dorfman, whose subjects have included such friends as Allen Ginsberg, Bob Dylan, and Jonathan Richman. [Synopsis courtesy of Toronto International Film Festival]
TIFF programmer Thom Powers takes a tour through this year’s documentary programme, from new talent to awards contenders.
A documentary on a former Miss Wyoming who is charged with abducting and imprisoning a young Mormon Missionary.
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. is a 1999 documentary film by Errol Morris about execution technician Fred A. Leuchter.
Former United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, discusses his career in Washington D.C. from his days as a congressman in the early 1960s to planning the invasion of Iraq in 2003
Using archival footage, United States Cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the eighty-five-year-old Robert McNamara, The Fog of War depicts his life, from working as a WWII Whiz Kid military officer, to being the Ford Motor Company’s president, to managing the American Vietnam War, as defense secretary for presidents Kennedy and Johnson.
