Happy Belated 70th Birthday to the great Werner Herzog. Clip from Les Blank’s classic Burden of Dreams, a doc about the making of Fitzcarraldo.
via David Hudson/Fandor, who wrote a great tribute (w/ great links) to Herzog’s legacy as a filmmaker in search of so-called ecstatic truth.
Can’t wait to see Hate in America, On Death Row, and Queen of the Desert. Hell, I’ll probably even watch Jack Reacher to see Herzog as an evil Russian gang leader.
More links:
Herzog on the Absolute, Sublime and Ecstatic Truth
Stefano Odorico (Offscreen) on Herzog and the line between documentary and fiction narratives
David Church (Senses of Cinema) with a straightforward (and great) mini biography