Gates of Heaven
Errol Morris changed the face of documentary filmmaking in the US, and his career began with a remarkable tale of American eccentricity. He uses two Southern California pet cemeteries as the basis for a profound and funny rumination on love, loss, and industry.
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| Victoria | Available |
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Physical Description
videodisc
1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. - Publisher [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Title from container. Originally released as a documentary in 1978. Fullscreen (1.33:1). Gates of heaven originally released as a motion picture in 1978. Also issued as part of a two disc set, including another Morris documentary, Vernon, Florida, which was originally released as a motion picture in 1981. Special features: New 2K digital restorations supervied by director Errol Morris; New interview with Morris; Werner Herzog eats his shoe (1980), a twenty-minute film by Les Blank featuring Herzog fulfillin 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; Plus: an essay by critic Eric Hynes. GMD: videodisc. |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director of photography, Ned Burgess. |
| System Details Note: | DVD, region 1, NTSC, fullscreen (1.33:1); Dolby Digital mono. |
| Language Note: | Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. |