Errol Morris has said that:

Memory is an elastic affair. We remember selectively, just as we perceive selectively. We have to go back over perceived and remembered events, in order to figure out what happened, what really happened. My re-enactments focus our attention on some specific detail or object that helps us look beyond the surface of images to something hidden, something deeper” something that better captures what really happened. [New York Times]

This is the thought that stuck with me through most of his latest film Standard Operating Procedure. Not just in relation to his reenactments or “illustrations” but in regards to the photographs in general.

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The trailer for the Silver Bear winner at the Berlin Film Festival, Errol Morris’ Standard Operating Procedure, is out! I’ve been waiting for it for quite some time. Watch it below (or for a more high quality version go HERE ).

Also, be sure to to learn more about the film and how you can take part!

Also of note is a great article that Errol Morris wrote for this week’s issue of The New Yorker called Exposure : The woman behind the camera at Abu Ghraib.

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