I am Errol Morris. Let’s talk about my New York Times piece, “The Pianist and the Lobster," and about filmmaking. AMA.

Sviatoslav Richter was one of the world’s greatest pianists of the 20th century — who was tormented by depression and an obsession: a belief that he needed his plastic lobster nearby to perform. I worked on a longterm project for The New York Times Opinion section that delved into this compulsion. As part of it, I spoke with the pianist Jeremy Denk and the author Bruno Monsaingeon, who wrote a book about Richter, about his need for a plastic lobster, and the talismans artists need to perform. Ask me anything -- about this piece, or about filmmaking in general.

• The Pianist and the Lobster: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/21/opinion/editorials/errol-morris-lobster-sviatoslav-richter.html
• Proof: [see attached photo]
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/errolmorris

Proof: https://i.redd.it/oj2xuy3aek531.jpg

Submitted June 25, 2019 at 11:13PM by thenewyorktimes http://bit.ly/2LmYtDk