Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
Errol Morris’s Fast, Cheap & Out of Control interweaves the stories of four men, each driven to create eccentric worlds from their unique obsessions, all of which involve animals. There’s a lion tamer who shares his theories on the mental processes of wild animals; a topiary gardener who has devoted a lifetime to shaping bears and giraffes out of hedges and trees; a man fascinated with hairless mole rats; and an MIT scientist who has designed complex, autonomous robots that can crawl like bugs.
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📋 Film Details
| Year | 1997 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Director | Errol Morris |
| Runtime | 83 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 6.8/10 (42 votes) |
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Errol Morris constructs the film as a cerebral mosaic, where each personal obsession becomes a piece of a larger philosophical puzzle. He relies on intimate interviews and juxtaposed imagery to explore the delicate boundary between order and chaos, the artificial and the organic.
What lingers after the credits is a profound sense of connection between these disparate worlds. The film is a meditation on the universal drive to create and control one's own universe. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Errol Morris
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Watch attentively, free from distraction, to appreciate the intricate thematic weaving.
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