The Real Herzog
That’s Werner shutting his own door. See if you can spot the East German in the shot.
I’m going to try to remember the highlights of the Q and A, of which there were many. As for the film, I left early. I can only handle so many montages of slow-motion astronauts while a cello accompanies a Senagalese man belting it out. Once we reached the 5 montage mark my feet hit the ground and I was adios.
Ok, probably my favorite thing Werner mentioned in the Q and A was that he had only seen 2 movies in the last couple years in the theatre. The first film he couldn’t remember, and the second one was about American college students on spring break in Mexico. Werner said it looked good, but he didn’t like it very much.
You think maybe he saw this?
Just the thought of Werner Herzog watching that makes me laugh.
Werner stated that when he makes a film it is like walking the smallest tight rope in the world and he can fall into an abyss on either side at any moment. He said that he always makes it to the other side because he is a professional.
Oh and the first thing he was asked by an audience member was if he was really shot while being interviewed (see my other post for the video of it). He replied that he was, but that it was really nothing, though if you got him laughing too hard, it might hurt a little bit.
Prior to his film work Werner parked cars at Oktoberfest. Dealing with people who were at the drunkest levels possible taught him a lot about “the human heart.”
Now if we could just get him to be the guest monologist at Assssssscat I would be a happy man. Here’s to you Werner Herzog.
No comments yet.