Errol Morris interviews four people with unusual jobs; a lion tamer, a robotics expert, a topiary gardener, and a naked mole rat specialist. Dave Hoover trains lions in a circus. George Mendonça is a gardener who has worked on a topiary garden for decades. Raymond A. Mendez is an insect expert who became fascinated with mole rats which have many of the same characteristics as ants. Rodney Brooks is a robot scientist who finds inspiration in the insect world. Fast, Cheap & Out of Control is his catch phrase which he uses to describe his robots unlike the expensive solo designs that are being used.
Errol Morris uses his filmmaking skills to connect these four disparate people into a central theme about nature, the animal and insect mind, and our drive to control them. It's fascinating. One learns something. It's almost hypnotic and one can reach a different plane of understanding. Opening the viewer's eye is always an achievement for a documentary.
Errol Morris uses his filmmaking skills to connect these four disparate people into a central theme about nature, the animal and insect mind, and our drive to control them. It's fascinating. One learns something. It's almost hypnotic and one can reach a different plane of understanding. Opening the viewer's eye is always an achievement for a documentary.