First Person
Updated:
18 Jul 2022
Directors:
no data
Actors:
Errol Morris
Genre:
Western,
War,
Thriller,
TV Movie,
Science Fiction,
Romance,
Mystery,
Music,
Horror,
History,
Fantasy,
Family,
Drama,
Documentary,
Crime,
Comedy,
Animation,
Adventure,
Action
Country:
no data
Year:
2000
First Person was an American TV series produced and directed by Errol Morris. The show engaged a varied group of individuals from civil advocates to criminals.
Interviews were conducted with "The Interrotron", a device similar to a teleprompter: Errol and his subject each sit facing a camera. The image of each person's face is then projected onto a two-way mirror positioned in front of the lens of the other's camera. Instead of looking at a blank lens, then, both Morris and his subject are looking directly at a human face. Morris believes that the machine encourages monologue in the interview process, while also encouraging the interviewees to "express themselves to camera".