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Title:

Gates of Heaven ; Vernon, Florida / IFC Films present ; [produced and directed by Errol Morris].

Edition:

Criterion collection.

Publisher:

The Criterion Collection,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

2 videodiscs (139 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + insert.

Subject:

Pet cemeteries--California.
Pets--Death.
Vernon (Fla.)--Social life and customs.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Morris, Errol, film director.
IFC Films, presenter.
Criterion Collection (Firm)

Notes:

Gates of heaven, fullscreen (1.33:1) Vernon, Florida, widescreen (1.66:1) Title from container. Gates of heaven originally released as a motion picture in 1978; Vernon, Florida originally released as a motion picture in 1981. Special features: New interviews with Morris; Werner Herzog eats his shoe (1980), a twenty-minute film by Les Blank featuring Herzog fufilling a bet intended to inspire Morris to complete his first feature; Footage of Herzog professing his admiration of "Gates of heaven" at the 1980 Telluride Film Festival; An essay by critic Eric Hynes.

Summary:

Errol Morris changed the face of documentary filmmaking in the US, and his career began with two remarkable tales of American eccentricity: Gates of heaven (1978) (83 min.) The first uses two Southern California pet cemeteries as the bases for a profound and funny rumination on love, loss, and industry; Vernon, Florida (1981) (56 min.) the second travels to a languorous southern backwater and meets a handful of fascinating folks; a determined turkey hunter, a curious minister, a laconic policeman, engaged in individualistic, sometimes absurd pursuits.

Series:

Criterion collection ; nos. 751 and 752

ISBN:

1604659696
9781604659696

OCLC:

(OCoLC)903552928

UPC:

715515141819

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)