Gates of Heaven/Vernon, Florida [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Criterion Collection

Overview

This twin-pack of early masterpieces from the award-winning documentary filmmaker Errol Morris includes Gates of Heaven, which profiles people who have laid their beloved animal friends to rest at the same pet cemetery, and Vernon, Florida, which shows some of the quirky residents of that town.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/24/2015
UPC:	0715515141710
Original Release:	1978
Rating:	NR
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Color]
Language:	English
Time:	2:19:00
Sales rank:	12,127

Special Features

Two new interviews with Morris; Wrner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1980), a twenty-minute film by Les Blank featuring Herzog fulfilling a bet intended to inspire Morris to complete his first feature; Footage of Herzog professing his admiration for Gates of Heaven at the 1980 Telluride Film festival; Plus: An essay by critic Eric Hynes