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DylanHate t1_isvt0jc wrote
Welcome to Werner Herzog films lol.
LonnieJaw748 t1_isvuy8p wrote
Very beautiful. Very powerful.
DylanHate t1_isvvezb wrote
Personally I love his films, but he has a very different style than typical documentarians. If you aren’t familiar with his work I can see how one can come away a little confused.
LonnieJaw748 t1_isvvls5 wrote
I really liked the one about how volcanos have influenced human culture.
nonsense39 t1_isvyb5u wrote
Every one of Werner Herzog's films is unique and there are some great interviews with him on YouTube.
Adamsteeds t1_isw0jrz wrote
"Existed"
kevlar51 t1_isw18oe wrote
My favorite is when he gets shot during an interview after saying no one enjoys his films. https://youtu.be/HrRNM9cMBDk
TreesForTheForest t1_isw1egm wrote
Grizzly Man def had a narrative to it
jesusismagic t1_isw5v22 wrote
“It was an insignificant bullet.”
jesusismagic t1_isw6byu wrote
I love Werner Herzog’s work! Especially “The Enigma of Caspar Hauser” and “Fitzcarraldo.” His documentary of the girl who fell out of a airplane into the Peruvian jungle is awesome as well. Most of his movies are as fascinating to watch on DVD with the “Director’s commentary” soundtrack turned on as they are with the “normal” soundtrack. His voice is almost hypnotic.
sixtus_clegane119 t1_isw93t5 wrote
I watch it a few times a year
MillwrightTight t1_iswami3 wrote
That's some intense footage for sure. Great film. Harrowing
MillwrightTight t1_iswaru3 wrote
Into the Inferno! That's one of my favourite movies ever.
The North Korea stuff in there is a wild touch
artguy55 t1_iswenxi wrote
And then a guy from Calgary came, SafetyBOSS CEO Mike Miller and cleaned up
Seaki09 t1_iswfgj6 wrote
I shouldn't laugh at somebody getting shot but goddamn that timing
eviL2core t1_iswfvns wrote
There is definitely something about his voice! Hypnotic, like you said. Somehow soothing and stilted, unintentionally quirky… Once you’ve heard it, you can’t unhear it. It is a feast for the ears! I love it.
AbbreviationsNo4089 t1_iswgalc wrote
Everyone please search “Werner Herzog on chickens”
Your welcs
smurb15 t1_iswoftk wrote
Took it better than I probably would have
WeReallyOutHere5510 t1_iswryly wrote
Read feast for the ears in his voice. Lol, it really is iconic.
The_Name_Is_Slick t1_isww58e wrote
Thank you! Not sure how I missed this one.
somaforthesoul t1_iswzjzv wrote
Whoa
_volkerball_ OP t1_isx1h2g wrote
Never heard of it before today but I was really impressed.
KuriTokyo t1_isx29zh wrote
Is it only available in the US? I'm in Japan and can't watch it.
No-Seesaw4858 t1_isx64t0 wrote
That table of torture implements and the mother's "testimony"... This is one I will be digesting in pieces.
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Krazn8tive420 t1_isx8lw5 wrote
Coming in clutch with the link !
GunPoison t1_isxadcs wrote
It works in Australia, if that helps
GunPoison t1_isxalnp wrote
It's the absolute best place for really old B-movies (including Japanese monster films) and christian propaganda films.
I'm not knocking it, I freaking love shitty old scifi movies.
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lbsdcu t1_isxgogm wrote
I saw this on IMAX at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum way back when. Phenomenal
guaita t1_isxi7xo wrote
'Julianes Sturz in den dschungel'
Completely agree with you! xD I also enjoyed a lot 'Little Dieter Needs to Fly' (not so much the movie).
Not from Herzog I will recommend Deep Water (2006)
cadmiumredlight t1_isxikkr wrote
Or the one where he recounts rescuing Joaquin Phoenix from a car crash. https://youtu.be/nDcnLfLaFiY
boywonder5691 t1_isxj5wq wrote
I saw this on the big screen when it was first released. It is utterly mind blowing.
guaita t1_isxk0rz wrote
The last time I saw it I appreciated much more how meritorious were some smooth helicopter travellings on this film before the drone era.
jesusismagic t1_isxn7g6 wrote
“Little Dieter Learns to Fly” was good too. One thing that bothers me about Herzog is his practice of (I think this is how he put it in an interview), “Lying to tell a bigger truth.” For example, in “Little Dieter,” he shows Dieter checking doors by opening and shutting them multiple times. In the commentary track, he said Dieter didn’t really do that in real life, but he added it to show how he had to remind himself that he was not captive. I think that was not necessary; any intelligent person could see that he was affected in many ways without this made-up detail. Another documentary (I think he one about blind people) starts with a fake quote from Pascal (made up by Herzog). Again, I don’t think that was necessary.
tabac-en-paris t1_isxprrb wrote
I see everyone leaves out the crucial part… it was an air rifle.
aldiboronti t1_isxtkvf wrote
Use the Youtube link, that works for everybody. Youtube
brettmgreene t1_isxwfmo wrote
Tubi is terrific! Great catalogue and the best selection of old classics, serials, B movies, weird tv specials and documentaries and it's free. Even if you don't like 90% of what's on offer, it's still free - and the ads aren't obnoxious, surprisingly.
KillerBees16 t1_isxxlq0 wrote
This was absolutely gorgeous and tragic, I'm glad that I watched it but why did they reignite the flames? Actual madness?
000111001101 t1_isy0hyc wrote
Herzog calls it 'ecstatic truth', and it is an artistic device, if you will. He wrote a whole manifesto on the concept, it is worth checking out. I personally love him for this - don't see him as a documentarian, looking for facts, but a composer who bends reality to serve a larger narrative. This is how I understand Herzog's storytelling method.
Seen in this light, various creation myths in many ways hold more meaning than our modern notion of the Big Bang. There is little drama in the Big Bang, no narrative, and thus it becomes a cold, dead concept we are unable to grasp with our feelings and senses. A giant had a fight and died, thus creating mountains? That makes total sense to me, if you see what I mean. Herzog doesn't deny the Big Bang, and neither do I, meaning is merely to be found beyond the looking glass.
_volkerball_ OP t1_isy4s15 wrote
I think it's because they wanted the oil to burn up instead of pool up everywhere for clean up purposes but I can't remember. "Fires of Kuwait" is a documentary about the cleanup that goes into all the nuts and bolts of it.
KillerBees16 t1_isy5cv2 wrote
I figured it must be something like that. Thank you I'll definitely check that doc out
paradisepunchbowl t1_isy6wz5 wrote
Actually seems reasonable considering he got hit by an air rifle pellet. Still dangerous and potentially deadly but nowhere near the stopping power of a bullet.
paradisepunchbowl t1_isy7hcd wrote
“The harmony of overwhelming and collective murder” is an all time classic Herzog quote.
So damn German. I love it.
insaneHoshi t1_isylki2 wrote
> Hypnotic
[Clip on Herzog commenting on how easy it is to hypnotize a chicken] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhMo4WlBmGM)
bike_fool t1_isyt9ub wrote
I saw this on a field trip and it deeply unsettled me. Here was a hellscape beyond my comprehension projected in IMAX right before my eyes. I think we all sat there mouths agape trying to process it
DonArgueWithMe t1_isyv1h4 wrote
He was spurting blood while showing it off, so I'd still say he took it well
wavy-seals t1_isywybj wrote
That’s not what “spurting” blood looks like. That was just a couple drops when he put pressure on and around the wound.
paradisepunchbowl t1_isz1zrm wrote
“Spurting” is not what was happening in that video. Oozing maybe. But yes he took it well which is why I said that his response was reasonable.
DonArgueWithMe t1_isz3ba8 wrote
It's not arterial gushing, but it definitely squirted out. I'm not 100% up to date on my blood volume pedantry but it seemed like a "spurt" to me
moleculewerks t1_isz851t wrote
My favorite part of the film is the quote attributed to Blaise Pascal shown at the beginning of the film, “The collapse of the stellar universe will end like creation: in grandiose splendor.”
Werner Herzog made it up.
Aoloach t1_it0rlra wrote
A pedantic argument about GSW blood flow semantics is a real Reddit moment
jesusismagic t1_it0ud7o wrote
More of a trickle.
jesusismagic t1_it0vrt5 wrote
I guess that is a valid viewpoint, if you are comfortable with it. I just think there’s enough bullshit flying around for anyone to feel the need to go out of their way to creat more. That said, I was only talking about his documentaries. Obviously, “Kaspar Hauser” is a factionalized retelling of a true story and doesn’t claim to be otherwise. I don’t have a problem with that at all. But when I watch a documentary I want to learn new things and these “ecstatic truth” landmines are an obstacle. None of this detracts from my admiration for his work, however. The saga of the making of “Fitzcarraldo” is fascinating. “Heart of Glass” is pretty great too.
zhivago6 t1_isvm2s1 wrote
It doesn't really have a narrative I would not say, more like a theme. Great visuals, but it doesn't seem to go anywhere.