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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Surround Sound
Acclaimed filmaker Eroll Morris (The Thin Blue Line, A brief History of Time) paints a fascinating portrait of four obsessed eccentrics in Fast, Cheap & Out of Control. Morris weaves interviews with a wild animal trainer, a topiary gardner, a robot designer and an expert on the naked mole rat together with old movies, cartoons and stock footage for a compelling kaleidoscopic look at the very thin line which seperates madness from genius. Funny, inspiring and downright amazing.
"A one-of-a-kind extravaganza... " Kenneth Turan, L.A. Times
"...(a) moment of eccentric entertainment." Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle
Editor's Note
This acclaimed documentary character study, from filmmaker Errol Morris (THE THIN BLUE LINE) focuses on the disparate lives of four nonconformists whose respective arts reflect their unique personalities: a lion tamer, a robotics engineer, a topiary gardener, and a biologist obsessed with perfectly recreating the habitat of the naked mole rat. A delightful and humorous portrait, utilizing a mixed bag of camera styles. Winner of an Independent Spirit award and Best Documentary awards from the National Board of Review and the Society of Texas Film Critics.
| Features | Scene Selection | | Interactive Menus | | Bonus Trailers | | Digitally Mastered Audio & Anamorphic Video | | Widescreen Version | | English Dolby Surround |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 5/13/2008 |
| Running Time: 82 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1997 | | Catalog ID: 09307 | | UPC: 00043396093072 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: B&W and Color |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"...Thoroughly in control....These impassioned subjects have found their callings..." -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars 10/07/1997 p.3DEntertainment Weekly
"...Oblique, fascinating....The film takes on the heady feeling of a dream..." -- Rating: A- 06/19/1998 p.83 Film Comment
"...Genuine....It enthralls rather than estranges..." 03/01/1997 p.56-7 Chicago Sun-Times
"...[A] magical film....Morris weaves their dreams together with music and images, into a meditation..." 11/14/1997 p.37 Chicago Sun-Times 8 of 10
Morris' film assembles these images not so much as a documentary might, but according to musical principles: Caleb Sampson's score creates a haunting, otherworldly, elegiac mood that makes all of the characters seem noble and a little sad. The photography uses a lot of styles and textures, from 35-mm. To Super 8, from film to the hand-held feel of home video. The cinematographer is Robert Richardson, who achieved a similar effect for Oliver Stone in JFK and Natural Born Killers - Roger Ebert
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