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Gates of Heaven (1978)

Documentary | 85 minutes
3,14 36 votes

Genre: Documentary

Duration: 85 minuten

Country: United States

Directed by: Errol Morris

Stars: Lucille Billingsley, Zella Graham and Dan Harberts

IMDb score: 7,3 (6.616)

Releasedate: 1 October 1978

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Gates of Heaven plot

"Death is for the living and not for the dead so much."

Documentary about cemeteries for animals. Inspired by an article called "450 Dead Pets Going to Napa Valley." Errol Morris talks to all kinds of people who are involved in one way or another with animal graveyards.

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This documentary was the reason for Werner Herzog to eat his shoe. Errol Morris had just graduated from the Film Academy and spoke to Werner Herzog about his film plans. Morris said he wanted to start making films right away, but had no money or materials. Herzog said 'I will eat my shoe if you succeed!'. No sooner said than done.

Herzog kept his word and ate his shoe. This in turn resulted in the short film 'Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe', with a plot that is similar to the film title.

I find Errol Morris a sympathetic figure who has made a positive contribution to the documentary itself. However, I find his style (especially in this film) very boring. In The Thin Blue Line there was still an element of tension present, but in this film we see nothing, absolutely nothing, other than people talking into the camera, interview style. And that starts to get really boring at the end of this film.

I can be brief about the subject of the film: nonsense. Pets are already the most overrated animals and for me this documentary is pure nonsense in terms of subject matter. (I obviously judged the documentary on its qualities as a documentary, and not on its subject). The only reason for me is that people have a strange sense of the animal world, they cherish 1 dog for 15 years and then eat 50 chickens and 8 pigs per year. Well, come on again.

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Ten years before he made his masterpiece "The Thin Blue Line", and five years before Stephen King wrote a successful book on the subject, Errol Morris produced this documentary about animal cemeteries. Various entrepreneurs - including the owner of a 'glue factory', whose life story is not popular at parties - speak about the how and why of this fledgling industry. As soon as the first 'relatives' speak, the documentary takes a light-hearted turn: one woman 'howls' with her dog, the other talks with a lump in her throat about her deceased dog, with a framed photo on the wall prominently displayed. image. There is also a conversation with an older woman who suddenly talks for minutes about her children and a young man who talks about his love for guitar music. These are moments when you wonder what it matters, but Morris still gives a fairly complete picture of this unusual industry and the less relevant moments are certainly very entertaining.

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