Errol Morris

“These 17th century debates remind us that if you have an unshakable belief in something, then no amount of evidence (or lack of evidence) can convince you otherwise.”

2014-03-25

“Part of his defense was that he was very adept at putting caveats into everything that he said so that he could go back later and cite the caveat.”

2014-03-25

“Well, I think the die was cast not only concerning weapons of mass destruction, but concerning the invasion and the immediate aftermath.”

2014-03-25

“Frassanito was obsessed with Gettysburg and with reconnecting photographs of the Civil War to the circumstances under which they were taken. Through this obsessive quest, he reconnects the photographs to actual…”

2011-09-30, book, by William Frassanito, loved

“Another book I would like to mention is Josiah Thompson's Six Seconds in Dallas [about the Kennedy footage]. It's an early example of an attempt to do just what we're talking about – piecing together reality through…”

2011-09-30, book, by Josiah Thompson, recommended

“These images answer certain people's hopes and dreams – that they can reconnect with those that are lost, that the deceased are always with us. One example is William H Mumler, the famous spirit photographer who…”

2011-09-30, book, by Clement Cheroux, Andreas Fischer, Pierre Apraxine, Denis Canguilhem and Sophie Schmit, recommended