Errol Morris and Fairies

If you've ever seen The Thin Blue Line, directed by Errol Morris, you'll be interested in Morris's writings about truth, memory, objectivity and the Cottingley fairies (at left). A fairly decent contributor to IMDB wrote this synopsis about The Thin Blue Line, which I have edited at my liberty:

Errol Morris's unique documentary dramatically re-enacts the crime scene and investigation of a police officer's murder in Dallas. Briefly, Randall Adams ran out of gas in Texas and was picked up by a 16-year-old runaway, David Harris. Later that night, they drank beer, smoked marijuana, and a soft-core double bill. Then, their stories diverge. Adams claims that he left for his motel, where he was staying with his brother, and went to sleep. Harris, however, says that they were stopped by police late that night and Adams suddenly shot the officer approaching their car. The film shows the audience the evidence gathered by the police, who were under extreme pressure to clear the case. It strongly makes a point that the circumstantial evidence was flimsy, at best. In fact, it becomes apparent that Harris was a much more likely suspect and was in the middle of a 'crime spree,' eventually ending up on Death Row himself for the later commission of other crimes.

Morris writes regularly for the New York Times on issues related to the film and reenactments in documentary film. Part two of this article links to the work of a professor at UBC. Part One is very interesting if the film intrigued you in any way or you're a major skeptic. All of Morris's writing for the NY Times can be found here. He is very smart. Prepare to have your mind blown.