Director Errol Morris has been thinking about truth, and its many facetted face, for a long time. His most notorious recent work is an exhaustive investigation about Roger Fenton’s photographs of the Crimean War, specifically which of a few different photos were taken first, and if any of the canon balls were moved (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 & Additional Resources) and the Case of the Inappropriate Alarm Clock on forgery by Walker Evans and Arthur Rothstein of the Farm Security Administration.

Today he released a short film about the infamous The Umbrella Man at Dealy Plaza, where President Kennedy was assassinated.

For years, I’ve wanted to make a movie about the John F. Kennedy assassination. Not because I thought I could prove that it was a conspiracy, or that I could prove it was a lone gunman, but because I believe that by looking at the assassination, we can learn a lot about the nature of investigation and evidence. Why, after 48 years, are people still quarreling and quibbling about this case? What is it about this case that has led not to a solution, but to the endless proliferation of possible solutions?

Take time to watch the short film, it has an interesting explanation. Oh, and I’ve been to Dallas, and ran out to stand on the “X” where the President was shot. It was a very strange place, especially if you look back to the book depository (above).