Wednesday, March 12, 2008

HERZOG IN THE SNOW

Any new Werner Herzog film is reason to jump for joy. Per Variety:

"Werner Herzog's docu about the daily lives of Antarcticans, "Encounters at the End of the World," will be distribbed jointly by ThinkFilm and Image Entertainment in partnership with Discovery Films. "Encounters," which will bow June 11, preemed at the 2007 Toronto Film Festival and marks Herzog's return to the theatrical documentary form after 2005's critically hailed "Grizzly Man." He previously partnered with Discovery Films on that pic, which saw healthy domestic B.O. of about $3 million. Herzog is known for visually stunning and insightful portraits that telescope the starkest of individual experiences into metaphors about the human condition. Here, lensing entirely on location, he explores the existence of people working in literally blinding conditions, as well as natural elements such as a volcano and, yes, penguins.
Herzog begins at the populated research center McMurdo Station, with its yoga studios and ATMs, and journeys deeper into the vast landscape of the South Pole. Docu was written, directed and narrated by Herzog."

7 comments:

Wayne said...
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Wayne said...

You HAD me at "Herz"

Actionman said...

did u see the pic of me and the Herz that I posted a few days ago?

Truly one of the best moments of living in Hell-A.

Wayne said...

Yeah, saw that one. Meant to comment, but I guess I didn't. Was it fairly low-key or did he manage to get shot during the time that you met him? That guy is nuts. Love him.

Actionman said...

He was at Barnes doing a signing for the Grizzly Man dvd release. He signed a Fitzcarraldo lobby card and a bunch of my dvd covers of his films. We chatted for about 5-6 minutes; at the time he was going through all of those financial problems with the Rescue Dawn production and he was commenting how he wasn't sure if the movie would ever be released! He talked to me about his planned epic on Cortez; said he wanted to make a film that was "more intense than Aguirre." If that's possible...

He's a mad genius and I just love him. The story about how he rescued Joaquin Phoenix after he rolled his car is just so funny.

Wayne said...

I'd imagine that two people who meet him could share totally different stories. What a unique talent.

Seth said...

Nicky,

Sorry about the post. I forgot it was a film blog