Werner Herzog films: c/d/s/d

LA Times interview with talk about Rescue Dawn, living in LA, etc.

I must get round to watching the rest of the Herzog-Kinski films I bought a couple of years ago. Nosferatu and Aguirre are both larf riots.

Herzog's diary/memoir Of Walking in Ice, not available in English since 1978, is back in print. Yay.

I recently borrowed "Burden of Dreams" (that film about making Fitzcaraldo) from the library and it comes with a little book of production diaries that are a great read. The shit they had to go through for that film is just incredible. Eating a shoe was obviously a piece of cake in comparison.

I was rather disappointed with the ending of Rescue Dawn. It felt like he was trying to honor the life of Dieter but it ended up coming off as a cheesy attempt.

The documentary's no better for me. I said on the Rescue Dawn thread that Herzog doesn't do much with Dengler's weird all-American "pluck," which is to me the oddest thing about his story.

I thought there wasn't much going right for Rescue Dawn even before the Top Gun coda.

My friend insisted I'll get it when I get through Kaspar Hauser, but I can't seem to get into that one either.

Gulp!

It seems with Herzog I really really have to be in the mood ... at least to turn his commentary track off.

Just rewatched Heart of Glass - man, what an ending. I had forgotten how great the Master was as well. Wish I'd had time to watch the commentary, though.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1095217/

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Nic Cage & Val Kilmer

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NYTimes story on Ferrara mentions that he is not real pleased about the remake.

http://defamer.com/395038/defiant-werner-herzog-to-defamer-who-is-abel-ferrara

lol

Have you talked to him?

No. I have no idea who Abel Ferrara is. But let him fight the windmills, like Don Quixote.

Have you heard his comments at all? He says he hopes "these people die in Hell."

That's beautiful!

Do you relate to that passion?

No, because it's like theater thunder. It's like being backstage in the 19th century, with the machines that make thunder. It has nothing do with with his film. But let him rave and rant; it's good music in the background.

You did a remake before with Nosferatu, but —

It was not so much a remake as an homage to Murnau. But I don't feel like doing an homage to Abel Ferrara because I don't know what he did — I've never seen a film by him. I have no idea who he is. Is he Italian? Is he French? Who is he?

Oh, come on.

Maybe I could invite him to act in a movie! Except I don't know what he looks like.

He hasn't made a good feature film in years but this is the pits

There is no way this film is going to be good, is there. Still, I guess he deserves to make some money.

The interview is v v entertaining, he's a funny guy.

lol i was just going to post saying that nothing is more annoying than the OMG HERZOG HE SO CRAZY thing, but this remake sounds like fun.

Fairuza Balk, Brad Dourif and Xzibit together at last.

Not exactly Bruno S and Herr Scheitz however

Jag Mandir is superdope

Just watched Lessons of Darkness, Aguirre and Stroszek last night. Brilliant!

I watched Aguirre for the first time last night.

anyone who even thinks about deserting this mission will be cut up into 198 pieces

His more recent hollywood drama stuff is pretty consistently bleh and seems only to be providing cash for his flood of pseudodocumentaries, which is fine by me.

Die Große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner - search this classic.

isn't Stroszek at MoMA this wknd?

hey long time no see

Stroszek still remains a favorite. I like that it's billed as a comedy.

might go see Encounters at the End of the World tomorrow in the cinema, got free tickets to a movie that screens not long after it tho, and ive never watched two films in the cinema in a row before, probably worth it tho.

this was awesome!

yeah, it ws pretty funny I thought

herzog shd remake march of the penguins!

"zese DELUDED animals, marching blindly zey not where, in a universe of chaos, pain and death..."

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 26 February 2006 11:10 (3 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

zis penguin vill keep marching into the mountainz, even zo it meanz sertain deathh

the recordings of the seal's calls was some kind of something.

seals'

(paraphrasing but) I do not know why Discovery Channel paid to send me down here when there was no chance in hell I would be making a movie about penguins

seriously though, i was as surprised as anyone that it was actually a solid film, herzog is a good filmmaker

http://www.roguefilmschool.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phVcMfhGv4g&feature=player_embedded

Filmed by Roger Ebert!

:)

If it hadn't been for ILX, I wouldn't have even known this, but RIP Bruno S. TBH I kind of assumed he'd died years ago. Now I'm sad (;_;) loved this dude, some of the best performances I've ever seen in cinema.

Wow! RIP indeed.

I thought this would be talking about new WH movies which is 3D

Stroszek is the best Herzog film and Bruno S was an amazing (amateur) actor.
or was it acting?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvWh6PMi9Ek&feature=youtube_gdata_player

lol

Has anyone seen "My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done" yet? It's just come out here on DVD in the UK. Michael Shannon is my favorite actor working right now, and the notion of Lynch having a hand in it is really intriguing, but I've picked up on a mostly negative/highly mixed reaction (I've deliberately not read any reviews).

NO but desperately want to

my son my son is good but not great; at this point I think i can only get excited when werner releases new documentaries