The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography
“The camera is magic”
Documentary
Portrait photographer Elsa Dorfman found her medium in 1980: the larger-than-life Polaroid Land 20x24 camera. For the next 35 years, she captures the 'surfaces' of those who visit her studio: families, Beat poets, rock stars, and Harvard notables. As pictures begin to fade and her retirement looms, Dorfman gives Errol Morris an inside tour of her backyard archive.
VIBE
A gentle, intimate look at a photographer's life's work. It feels like flipping through a cherished photo album, a quiet reflection on faces, moments, and the passage of time. A warm, contemplative experience.
nostalgicintrospectivewarmcontemplativeslow-burndocumentarypersonal essayobservationalartistrylegacymemorytime
MORE LIKE THIS — multi-vector + why, diversified
Being James Bond
2021
7.8 · 99 votes
Documentary
Fans also watchBoth nostalgic
Gay Sex in the 70s
2005
6.2 · 30 votes
Documentary
Both nostalgic
Cuba and the Cameraman
2017
7.5 · 123 votes
Documentary
Both nostalgic
Jane B. by Agnès V.
1988
6.8 · 68 votes
Fantasy
Both introspective
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000
7.8 · 87 votes
Documentary
Fans also watchBoth introspective
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me
2023
6.1 · 80 votes
Documentary
Fans also watchBoth introspective
The Pigeon Tunnel
2023
6.6 · 41 votes
Documentary
Also by Errol MorrisScored by Paul Leonard-MorganBoth introspective
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
6.8 · 62 votes
Documentary
Fans also watchBoth nostalgic
28 Up
1985
7.5 · 77 votes
Documentary
Fans also watchBoth introspective
The Cold Blue
2018
6.7 · 32 votes
WarDocumentaryTV Movie
Both nostalgic
Life
2015
6.0 · 379 votes
Drama
Both introspective
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
7.1 · 152 votes
Documentary
Fans also watchBoth introspective
Kubrick by Kubrick
2020
7.3 · 53 votes
DocumentaryHistory
Both introspective
I Am Heath Ledger
2017
7.4 · 233 votes
Documentary
Fans also watchBoth introspective
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
2017
6.4 · 68 votes
Documentary
Fans also watchBoth contemplative