Record Images Of The Triple Thinking

Recognized as one of the most famous contemporary documentary directors in the U.S., Errol.Morris has three different identities of philosophy doctor, private detective and advertisement director. His unique professional background makes his documentaries present three corresponding art characteristics: philosopher's view, detective's thinking, and painter's eyes. Through introducing his creation experience, analyzing and comparing his representative works at different periods including Gates of Heaven, The Thin Blue Line , Fast, Cheap & Out Of Control , The Fog of War, the thesis emphasizes on analysis of the tragic and absurd subject, narrative strategy of the assumed reenactment and diversified method of his works. And the thesis also discusses the influence of the postmodern philosophy on the concepts and creations of Errol.Morris, trying to tally up transformation of Morris'disputed concept of truth in his documentaries at different periods. Further, the thesis explores the relationship between Errol.Morris'documentaries and New Documentary films, the usage of the characteristic of New Documentary in his works, and the future direction of documentaries.