One of Many Herzog Interviews
Anything by or to do with Werner Herzog is interesting. I recommend it to you. Here is one interview.
Read it if you have a moment!
I've only seen three films by him - Nosferatu, Fitzcarraldo, and The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser. There is always a unique feeling to them which isn't present in any other work. It doesn't matter what they are about; if you find something as strong as this you have to at least take notice for a while.
He once promised to eat one of his shoes if Errol Morris ever finished his film Gates of Heaven. He finished it, and Herzog ate the shoe in public. You may think that's not a very good thing to do, but it's really quite a small thing when you consider what really unpalatable things people have to do all the time.
Then during the filming of Even Dwarfs Started Small, one actor was run over but escaped unhurt. Then the same actor caught fire and Herzog had to run over and put the fire out. So he told them all that if there were no further accidents, after the end of filming he would jump into a cactus patch and they could film him doing it.
I mean, these aren't things that I would necessarily do, and some people will certainly find them strange, but what is good about it is some visionary power of his is providing an incentive for other people to achieve something. Couldn't that be said of his films too?
It's also important to note that he does what he promises. I think you have to have integrity if people are going to believe what you're doing.
Read it if you have a moment!
I've only seen three films by him - Nosferatu, Fitzcarraldo, and The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser. There is always a unique feeling to them which isn't present in any other work. It doesn't matter what they are about; if you find something as strong as this you have to at least take notice for a while.
He once promised to eat one of his shoes if Errol Morris ever finished his film Gates of Heaven. He finished it, and Herzog ate the shoe in public. You may think that's not a very good thing to do, but it's really quite a small thing when you consider what really unpalatable things people have to do all the time.
Then during the filming of Even Dwarfs Started Small, one actor was run over but escaped unhurt. Then the same actor caught fire and Herzog had to run over and put the fire out. So he told them all that if there were no further accidents, after the end of filming he would jump into a cactus patch and they could film him doing it.
I mean, these aren't things that I would necessarily do, and some people will certainly find them strange, but what is good about it is some visionary power of his is providing an incentive for other people to achieve something. Couldn't that be said of his films too?
It's also important to note that he does what he promises. I think you have to have integrity if people are going to believe what you're doing.
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