Errol Morris' Vernon, Florida (pt. 1)

The first portion of Errol Morris' documentary on the small town of Vernon, Florida. My apologies for the low quality source video.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Vernon
• small
• town
• documentary
• turkey
• hunting
• diamond
• brains
• mind
• multitasking
• one
• track
• mosquito
• spraying

[EphraimShay]

Sorry I never got more of the documentary uploaded, but the time simply isn't there anymore. If you would like to see the rest, I recommend renting the film. Definitely worth the $5.

[frentzbravo7]

You can laugh at them if you want BUT I'll wager none of these folks are robbing, killing, or raping their neighbors.

[kchrzan]

I used to live in that godforsaken place for a summer in 2006 so I could work in Panama City Beach to make money on my college break. My parents moved down there to put up a store. Needless to say, two years later, they moved back to Indiana. My aunt who moved with them, remained in Vernon, where she met her wonderful backwoods husband. We don't talk anymore really. I'm telling ya as a person who lived in this place, this documentary is SPOT ON.

[puppersings]

@cmchrzan LOL I think i would know how Vernon is. My dad was raised there, My grandparents have always lived there and i go there alot. Plus, it's no longer like this. They have tore everything down to build a 4 lane.

[puppersings]

That's My papa is the beginning driving the truck. :) 

[cmchrzan]

@puppersings Sure, if that's what you want to think, go for it. They still close down their doors on Thursdays around noon because that's when they would 'lynch the niggers'. If you think I didn't DIRECTLY hear that from more than one resident, then I feel equally sad for you.

[puppersings]

@kuelproductions They tore it all down. Tallahassee is boring to.

[puppersings]

@kchrzan You are so wrong.. ha... it's sad that you lived there a summer and think you know all about ti.

[wtmorton]

@Hope3269 - I love the film. I first saw it twenty years ago, and I've watched it several times since. It doesn't make Vernon look bad at all. The people in the film are quirky and endearing. They make me laugh not because I think they are ignorant, but because they fill me with nostalgia for a slower way of life that seems to be vanishing before our very eyes. You should be proud of this movie. Not many towns are blessed with such a collection of master storytellers.

[eknigge]

@Hope3269 I think how you see the movie is a reflection of the viewer. I've watched it dozens of times and truly like the people in it, I think that many of them say some pretty profound things. People who laugh at it are just closed minded and condescending. Similarly you hate it because you feel it was designed to humiliate, but that's you projecting. Errol Morris always makes movies about unusual people & situations but he does it with affection.

[EphraimShay]

@Hope3269 Well, aren't you a happy sort.

[trevorsgirl1031]

@frentzbravo7 ummm yeah they are I lived there methheads alcoholics you name your own family will steal from you