Gates of Heaven; Vernon, Florida

by Errol Morris; Ned Burgess; Brad Fuller; Les Blank; Werner Herzog; Eric Hynes; IFC Films; Fourth Floor Productions; Criterion Collection (Firm)

Irvington, New York · The Criterion Collection · 2015

Gates of Heaven (1978) / Fourth Floor Productions (83 min.) -- Vernon, Florida (1981) / Fourth Floor Productions (56 min.). Other Note(s): Gates of Heaven: aspect ratio (1.33:1). Vernon, Florida: aspect ratio (1.66:1). Title from container. Special features: two new interviews with Morris; Werner Herzog eats his shoe (1980), a twenty-minute film by Les Blank featuring Herzog fulfilling a bet intended to inspire Morris to complete his first feature; footage of Herzog professing his admiration for Gates of Heaven at the 1980 Telluride Film Festival; essay by critic Eric Hynes.