Wandering Between Fiction And Reality-Research On Errol Morris's Documentary

There are many outstanding directors emerged in the Western New Documentary.Among them,Errol Morris is an influential and characteristic director undisputed.His films are plentiful in content,profound in subject,and their expression techniques are varied,creating a unique style.He subverts the thinking model and concept of traditional documentary,and walking between fiction and reality.Both of the content and style,Errol Morris has exerted a lot of influence on the documentary.This paper mainly analyzes his films from the four major aspects including the origin,the subject,the narrative structure,and the expressive techniques.About the origin,he has a rich learning experience and is influenced by New documentary and New German films.In terms of subject,it is wide ranged and philosophical.Morris cares about how people see themselves and the world.About the narrative structure,he uses a complex nonlinear narrative structure.In terms of expressive techniques,he enhanced the film with gorgeous visual images,reenactment and magic music.This article reveals and explores these complexities in Morris film,and hopes that it can effectively provide reference for Chinese documentaries.