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Werner Herzog talking to Alexander Kluge in 1991 (in German): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDiUaFw909I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDiUaFw909I He certa
by lqet 4y ago
Werner Herzog talking to Alexander Kluge in 1991 (in German):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDiUaFw909I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDiUaFw909I
He certainly has a way of talking that is quite easy to imitate. I like his work, but I am never sure whether he really is that brilliant, or just a phony.
- Mistletoe 4y agoHow could he be a phony? He has to be one of the most non-phony people I can think of. His movies cut right to the heart of things in a clear manner that we almost never see.
- ajmurmann 4y agoIn La Soufrière he even admits his disappointment that the volcano didn't explode. Talk about honesty
- lqet 4y agoAt least for me, his fictional work (but also his documentaries) always seems to hint at some deeper, universal truth that cannot be put directly into words. But watching his movies (and hearing him talk), I always get this strange feeling that maybe there is nothing behind all this poetic glitter.
- ahartmetz 4y agoI agree. It often feels like something deep hiding behind something banal, but on closer reflection there actually isn't much below the surface. However, the images in Lessons of Darkness are very cool and don't need interpretation.
- biztos 4y agoI think his comments about the nature of Nature in Grizzly Man are a good indicator of the deeper truth you’re looking for: “I believe the common denominator of the universe is not harmony, but chaos, hostility and murder.” Herzog is one of my favorite artists but I’m happy to not share his outlook on these things.
- polaco 4y agoHerzog's famous take on nature, recorded on the set of Fitzcarrado in the Peruvian jungle, is just beautiful. I keep coming back to it. https://youtu.be/3xQyQnXrLb0 https://youtu.be/3xQyQnXrLb0 "Kinski says [the jungle] is full of erotic elements. It’s not so much erotic, but full of obscenity. Nature here is vile and base. I wouldn’t see anything erotic here. I see fornication and asphyxiation and choking, fighting for survival and growing and just rotting away. Of course there’s a lot of misery, but it’s the same misery that’s all around us. The trees are in misery, and the birds are in misery. I don’t think they sing; they just screech in pain. Taking a close look at what’s around us, there is some sort of harmony. It’s the harmony of overwhelming and collective murder. But when I say this, I say this all full of admiration for the jungle. It’s not that I hate it. I love it. I love it very much. But I love it against my better judgment.”
- biztos 4y agoOh yeah, that’s a great one. There’s no denying Herzog’s love for the things he also despises, and this is the mark of a great artist. Aguirre was my first Herzog movie, in the theatre, way too young for it, and to this day the Kinski monkey scene is one of my favorites in all of film. https://youtu.be/eQYKDrOs_j8 https://youtu.be/eQYKDrOs_j8
- JohnJamesRambo 4y agoWhich movies? The only one I didn’t like was the one about the internet, Lo and Behold. I feel like maybe he was just from too many eras ago to understand how full of shit all the people he was interviewing were. All the rest of his movies always make me understand the world and humans on a deeper level than I did before. Happy People, Into the Inferno, Grizzly Man, the one about the cave paintings, the one about the South Pole.
- colechristensen 4y agoHe may or may not be “putting on a show” with some of his oddities, but he is without a doubt a brilliant filmmaker.
- tannhaeuser 4y agoDon't know about easy to imitate, but Herzog's voice is quite distinct indeed. A couple years ago I was watching a Tom Cruise movie ("Jack Reacher") on German TV and very surprised to hear Herzog as dubbing voice for a supporting role.
- akozak 4y agoHe's in that movie.
- pcl 4y agoHe was an actor in that movie. Perhaps he dubbed himself for his own role?
- skrebbel 4y agoI upvoted you because I suspect your comment is well executed satire.
- tannhaeuser 4y agoLOL I've got to disappoint you I'm afraid. Actually I recognized the voice but not the actor in that movie, and tbh I wasn't prepared to see Werner Herzog featuring in a Tom Cruise production.
- car 4y agoImagine my surprise when I saw him cast in "The Mandalorian".
- dwighttk 4y agoLike a supporting role that was not the role he played in the film?