Dudes don't pay enough attention to the doings of Werner Herzog so I figure I'd enlighhten people. How awesome is Werner Herzog? This is a guy who gets SHOT in the middle of a BBC interview. No, for real, this is an old story, but people don't seem to know it, so check it out and learn about being a hardcore interviewee: Also he ate his shoe as part of a bet with documentary filmmaker Errol Morris. And how about the time when Herzog was having a tough time making his crazy awesome movie Fitzcarraldo and he started taking a realistic view of the jungle (this clip is from the documentary Burden of Dreams): What is Herzog up to right now? Lots of stuff! Check it out:
-His latest documentary, the Antarctica-based Encounters at the End of the World, is now in limited theatrical release. One review called it the "anti-March of the Penguins"! Sounds pretty great, check it out if it hits your area.
-Just released on DVD, Herzog plays a crazy person (yes, he is also occasionally an actor!) in The Grand, an ensemble comedy about poker players that I haven't seen yet but I hear is relatively funny. One thing everyone can agree on is that Herzog is ridiculous in it.
-He also plats a crazy person in Harmony Korine's new film, Mister Lonely, which is a film about a Michael Jackson impersonator who falls in love with a Marilyn Monroe impersonator and they move to Ireland to live on a commune of celebrity impersonators. I also read something about nuns parachuting off airplanes with bicycles or something. Sounds pretty awesome! Harmony Korine is a crazy person. Again, this is also in limited theatrical release.
-At Cannes, Herzog announced that his next film project would be some kind of remake (or something; details are still unclear) of the Harvey Keitel film Bad Lieutenant. The original director, Abel Ferrara, was particularly unhappy to hear this and had some choice words for our German director. Herzog's reply to the man whose film he is remaking: "I have never heard of Abel Ferrara, who is he?"
Werner Herzog is awesome.
Friday, June 27, 2008
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