After watching the rest of “Gates of Heaven” and “The Thin Blue Line” I don’t understand what all the fuss about Morris is.  GOH was mildly entertaining and touching in its portrayal of peoples’ love for their pets.  TTBL had value in that it may have released an innocent man from death row.  Of course that has tremendous value.  That’s the good I see in Morris.  However, what I don’t recognize is his greatness.  I mean this with the utmost respect for his efforts and for Dr. Campbell’s decision to include him in the course.

 I have noticed in both GOH and most strikingly in TTBL the way in which Morris uses the juxtaposition of red and white.  In the beginning of TTBL, we see the big ball in Dallas with all the white lights.  All around are blinking red lights.  If the red lights symbolize Hell, then the white lights must symbolize Heaven.  David Harrris is shown wearing his prision-orange jumpsuit (a shade of red), whereas Adams is shown wearing all white.  The patrol car depicted in the re-enactment is white with its bright red lisghts screaming.  I don’t know if Morris did this intentionally or not.  I’m tempted to say yes since Dr. C. mentioned the blinking red lights being representative of Hell.  Naturally, I took the binary opposition and ran with it.  I think after all, Morris just might be more concerned with making a connection to humanity than in making a really “good” film.