Few directors push the limits of film genre more successfully than Errol Morris, whose newly released documentary, Tabloid, features a 300-lb. Mormon
tied to a bed in an English country cottage, a former beauty queen whose unrequited love drives her to kidnapping, and a cloned dog named Booger.
As documentaries go, Tabloid is anything but dry or staid. In fact, it’s the sexiest film to date from Morris, who directed The Thin Blue Line, The Fog of War, and Standard Operating Procedure.
The film focuses on Joyce McKinney, who became a t
abloid sensation in the late 1970s for allegedly kidnapping the love of her life, Kirk Anderson, and having her way with him in a love cottage in Devon, England. McKinney, who narrates the frightful storyline with a Southern accent that’s as sugary as pecan pie, claims Anderson was later compelled by the L.D.S. church to accuse her of
rape. She fled England after the resulting trial (in a disguise you won’t believe) and returned to a life of seclusion.
We spoke with Morris about self-fulfilling prophecies, searching for the truth in tawdry places, and McKinney’s very vocal reactions to the movie.
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