Vernon, Florida
Directed by Errol Morris
1981/US
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First viewing/Criterion Channel
Henry Shipes: Listen to that sound? Hear that sound? Getting in and out of trees? That flop-flop sound? Mm, that sound will sure mistake you for turkeys. Listen. Hear that flop-flop. Limbs breaking. Hear that good flop, then? Listening to that gives me the turkey fever. Mm, I wish there were as many turkeys as there are buzzards.
Errol Morris’s second film is another tribute to folks who think way outside the box.
Vernon, Florida is about as far as a retirement haven that you can find in Florida. It is a backwoods sort of place where everybody knows everybody and the town consists of a Main Street and little else. Though most people there seem retirement age after all. Several men ramble about their pet interests ranging from wild turkey hunting to proof God exists.
This kind of thing is right up my alley and I enjoyed it.
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