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Ice-age Excursion From German Visionary Werner Herzog.new
Filmmaker Werner Herzog is legendary for his tireless quests to capture mankind’s attempt to conquer the unconquerable. From the title character, a Spanish soldier, in Aguirre, the Wrath of God who makes a ruthless march toward the city of gold to the real-life jungle prisoner Dieter Dengler in Little Dieter Needs to Fly, Herzog’s subjects first must be humbled before they can be redeemed.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
07-24-2008 |
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It's the 'End of the World' as Werner Herzog Knows Itnew
It takes some time to realize that what seems like a whimsical travelogue is in fact something much more. It is cliche, at this point, to refer to Herzog's work as "poetic." But then that ultimate and most cliched cliche becomes necessary: It's cliche because it’s true.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Emiliano Garcia-Sarnoff |
07-24-2008 |
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Werner Herzog Sits on the Bottom of the Worldnew
Herzog, contemporary cinema's most consistently lyrical examiner of the (in)human condition, returns to the documentary form in yet another wonderfully improbable locale: Antarctica.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-18-2008 |
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Werner Herzog Ponders the Last Place on Earthnew
Speaking to the legendary German filmmaker is like speaking to God -- a crazy and pessimistic God, perhaps, but one capable of making divine films.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
07-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
It's the End of the World and Werner Herzog Knows Itnew
With his latest film, Encounters at the End of the World, he has become the only professional director to have made films on all seven continents. He accomplished the feat by going somewhere entirely unlike, well, everywhere else: Antarctica.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
07-02-2008 |
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Werner Herzog's Gross 'Encounters'new
In his latest attempt to capture visual wonder, Herzog finds the quirky; but it's not that amazing.
New York Press |
Armond White |
06-19-2008 |
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Does Werner Herzog Take Werner Herzog Seriously Anymore?new
Encounters at the End of the World is principally a collection of Herzog's Antarctic vacation pictures; the movie feels like an episode of Travels with Rick Steves if the show were hosted by a perpetually gloomy German.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
05-01-2008 |
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