Werner Herzog has made a number of excellent documentaries. Here are a few of them with brief summaries. Lessons of Darkness: the aftermath of the first Gulf W

Werner Herzog has made a number of excellent documentaries. Here are a few of them with brief summaries. Lessons of Darkness: the aftermath of the first Gulf War in Kuwait. Little Dieter Wants to Fly: A young German emigrates to the USA, become a Navy pilot, and is shot down in Vietnam. He escapes and lives to tell the tale. Herzog later re-made this as Rescue Dawn, but the original version is better. Encounters at the End of the World: Herzog travels to Antarctica. My Best Fiend: Herzog recounts his movie-making with Klaus Kinski. (For the counterpoint, read Kinski's autobiography, "Kinski Uncut.) The White Diamond: an experimental zeppelin flies over Guyana. Grizzly Man: Bear aficionado gets too close and is eaten. Herzog assembled this one from the aficonado's footage and narrates. Out of all of these, I'd rate "Dieter" as the best.