i loves fitzcarraldo...

i love all his work - but Stroszek; and Aguirre: The Wrath of God are my favourites.

can't stop the dancing chickens...

This makes me happy. I think...

...isn't he trailing the whole Vietnam thing by a couple of decades after Oliver Stone, Kubrick, et al? Deer Hunter anyone?

I'll wait and see.

i think the trailer makes it look like that but it's based on a doco he did 10 years ago called Little Dieter Learns to Fly about Vietnam war-hero Dieter Dengler who survived 6 months in a Viet Cong prision camp.

Fair enough. I'm hopeful.

(Really liked Aguirre and that nut K.Kinski)

Monday 28th, May - BAr Open

INCIDENT AT LOCH NESS (Werner Herzog / Zak Penn, 2004)

Acclaimed German film-maker Werner Herzog travels to Scotland's Loch Ness, to direct a documentary about the legend (rather than the reality) of the monster. With backing from Hollywood screenwriter-turned-producer Zak Penn, the production is soon jeopardised by creative disagreement. And then the creature actually appears on camera... A fascinating examination of myth vs. reality.

7pm / $5 - 3 month membership

I hadn't heard of this doco before. Has it been released on DVD?

yeah, but not over here, i think.

picked up grizzly man on dvd for around 8 bucks in the 'buy 2 get 1 free' deal jb has going on at the moment. on it's own, it's about 12. comes with another short doco which i haven't watched, and a 50 minute doco on the making of the music, featuring herzog and jim o rourke in the background...

grizzly man still seems like a really elaborate hoax to me, as amazing as it is

not hoax

grizzly man was fucking fantastic

did u ask yourself - like i did

is this guy a genius or the dumbest motherfucker

i swayed between the two

saw the Rescue Dawn preview screening a couple months back, it's really really fucking good. nobody shoots nature better, especially the oppression of the jungle. had already seen Little Dieter Needs to Fly, and Bale is amazing, nails it. on the verge of tears a couple of times, the only thing that is slightly hokey and out of the ordinary for Herzog is the big ending, but it's truth, and how the guy was. film should be huge.

that bit in grizzly man when he told that woman ''you must never listen to this tape'' was horrifying

twas wasn't it!!!!!

that bit in grizzly man when he told that woman ''you must never listen to this tape'' was horrifying

I think that's what 6er is talking about. The fact that Herzog never shares the proof with the audience tends to make me suspicious as to whether this is fair dinks or just an elaborate Herzog joke.

the only thing that is slightly hokey and out of the ordinary for Herzog is the big ending

i actually liked the happy ending. considering herzog was good friends with dieter I think it makes sense. although it was strange to see a herzog film with an upbeat ending.

Rather odd bit of footage... Werner gets shot with an air rifle during an interview!

fantastic!

unexpected Werner Herzog appearance at the Oscars the other night.

did he win?

no he was just contributing to some of the pre-recorded ''vox-pop's'' they have. Still it was great to see him.

odd that this hasn't been mentioned yet - herzog's appearance in wenders' room 666. although brief and pensive, it's probably herzog's finest in-front-of-the-camera moment.

i like herzog and wenders well enough but whenever i see one of their films, i think of fassbinder and reckon that out of all that New German Cinema movement or whatever they called it, he was the ace in the pack..

i like werner schroeter the best out of that generation of german filmmakers. he was, in my mind, the coolest of the lot (in demeanour, personality, filmmaking philosophy, etc.) and certainly the most experimental - he pushed the boundaries (formally, aesthetically, narratively) of cinema the most within the context of new german cinema.

That Oscars thing was great, some celeb or other answered a question by saying ''you should ask Werner Herzog about that'', and bang, there he was, lifting the whole thing into the Herzogsphere. Actually I thought those voxpops were a fine idea anyway, but Werner's inclusion was a great surprise.

Been looking for ages and finally found a link to watch Into The Abyss.

last night I had a dream I won the Werner Herzog Award for a picture I drew that was really deep and meaningful.

just saying.

http://www.sabotagetimes.com/tv-film/werner-herzogs-note-to-his-cleaning-lady/

I enjoyed this quite a bit. Into the Abyss? It was pretty good, too.

I can hear him reading that aloud. Actually, these voices built into my Mac, could someone make one called Herzog? I would never get tired of that.

He narrates the latest episode of American Dad (So7e17). It is hysterical - he does his classic monologue with a big theme at the end. I love this man.

Herzog is playing a role in the new Tom Cruise action film Jack Reacher. I saw the trailer of it today at the movies and it seems Herzog has a significant part in the film.

That sounds interesting to say the least.

Anyway I am planning to watch Bad Lieutenant tonight because of this thread and then probably *Nosferatu *(because the idea of a Herzog version of Nosferatu with Klaus Kinski in it has me tickled pink). After that, what should I watch? I've seen Strozeck, Aguirre, and Fitzcarraldo, and of those three I liked Strozeck best (it was very sad and funny). The guy has lots of movies and I'm a bit intimidated so advice would be appreciated.

If you're digging around the earlier works, then The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser or Even Dwarfs Started Small should be suitable. Or just pic a doco at random, they're all worth seeing.

Would recommend you see some of his docos: Grizzly Man, Lessons of Darkness, My Best Fiend. Also check out some of his short docos, most of them are incredible.

if you like the stuff with kinski, then you might as well line up the other kinski-herzog ventures for viewing - cobra verde, my best fiend (very revealing of cantankerous personalities (or maybe just one)) and burden of dreams (not by herzog but is an insightful ''behind the scenes'' of fitzcarraldo, which more or less captures herzog in his element).

aside from those, fata morgana is essential. one of his best. definitive, even. a formative archetype and fine example of a great deal of his signatures and approaches to essay-film / documentary filmmaking.

i dig land of silence and darkness as well.

Anyone who hasn't caught Into the Abyss yet - SBS1, 9.30 this Sunday night.

OK well I guess it will be Caspar Hauser and the making of documentaries. Thank you for your recommendation!

Anyone who hasn't caught Into the Abyss yet - SBS1, 9.30 this Sunday night.

And - the On Death Row 4-parter is running over the next four Sundays.