Tabloid
Now showing at the Michigan Theater
Review by Jeff Meyers of the Metro Times
Grade: B+

The late, great newspaper columnist Molly Ivins once explained that if you want an idea of how slippery the truth can be, ask 10 different car accident witnesses what happened. It is this very ambiguity of truth and memory that fascinates in the work of Oscar-winning documentarian Errol Morris. No matter what the subject, you don’t see his films to get a clear picture of what happened. Instead, you get the stories people tell about what happened … and, ultimately, themselves. Whether it’s a Holocaust denier, an Abu Ghraib prison guard, Robert McNamara or a topiary artist, Morris’ movies revel in ambiguity and the art of self-mythologizing.

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