Take The City And Run

Directed by Errol Morris

Rodney Brooks: If you analyze it too much, life becomes almost meaningless.

According to Morris, this film was shot with no idea of a through line in mind. But ultimately, some sort of theme does begin to emerge — a vague conceit having to do with how people see something of humanity or society in the things they create and work with. The lion tamer puts the way he believes his lions think into human terms. The topiary gardener creates a world of animals out of plant life. The mole-rat expert is thrilled that a mammal population can behave similarly to an ant society. The scientist is determined to make robots that can behave in unique ways similar to insects and animals. The parallels don’t line up completely across the board, but there are parallels present. But the very lack of focus that Morris was aiming for means that there is never any sense of full on revelation, just a sort of underlying, almost instinctual, impression.
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