tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post9107282607916023995..comments2024-03-22T14:34:39.101-04:00Comments on MONDO 70: A Wild World of Cinema: AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes, 1972)Samuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-7394591064835437552009-01-29T13:02:00.000-05:002009-01-29T13:02:00.000-05:00Herzog has integrity as well as humor. He's the gu...Herzog has integrity as well as humor. He's the guy who challenged Errol Morris to finish GATES OF HEAVEN by saying he'd eat his shoe if Morris did it. Morris did do it, and so did Herzog.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-77659561353687659752009-01-29T11:13:00.000-05:002009-01-29T11:13:00.000-05:00>>he reality (even as reportedly enhanced by...>>he reality (even as reportedly enhanced by Herzog) <BR/><BR/>Indeed--I, for one, totally endorse Herzog's idea of "ecstatic truth" versus "the truth of accountants." :) He's a really thoughtful, eccentric, fascinating guy--I could listen to him expound for an hour and a half and call it a great movie-watching experience.<BR/><BR/>He's not above making fun of himself, either--if you haven't seen Zak Penn's "Incident at Loch Ness," I highly recommend it. Even in parody, Herzog is fascinating.The Vicar of VHShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832137990485130735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-85240919939328078422009-01-28T23:13:00.000-05:002009-01-28T23:13:00.000-05:00I haven't seen Little Dieter but I did see Rescue ...I haven't seen Little Dieter but I did see Rescue Dawn, and I can only assume that the reality (even as reportedly enhanced by Herzog) surpasses the dramatization. Rescue Dawn was quite good, though, as was Invincible, which seems to be underrated. Meanwhile, what the Vicar says about Herzog's style makes sense to me. I probably don't do Herzog justice by calling him a primitive. Maybe "fundamentalist" would be the right word.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-17903517040394107852009-01-28T12:15:00.000-05:002009-01-28T12:15:00.000-05:00Still my favorite Herzog fiction; while I apprecia...Still my favorite Herzog fiction; while I appreciate the accomplishment of Fitzcarraldo, this is definitely where it's at for me when it comes to the Herzog/Kinski collaborations. <BR/><BR/>But then I haven't made it all the way through my box set, yet.<BR/><BR/>Something I've noticed in my limited exposure to Herzog is a little trick he does by holding the camera on an image, usually a natural one without actors in it, like the raging Amazon river here or the windblown brush in <I>Grizzly Man</I>--just *holding* on it, much longer than the viewer expects, much longer than a director or editor normally would, so long that the viewer's learned impatience goes away and the image takes on a kind of profundity, a meaning that it's difficult to articulate. He makes you SEE it, if that makes sense. I'm sure I'm not the first to say this, nor the most coherent, but I dig it.<BR/><BR/>My most recent Herzog viewing was his documentary "Little Dieter Needs to Fly." First movie in a long time that made me cry real, wet, fat tears. Seriously, I was blubbering like a child at the end of that. So freakin' powerful.The Vicar of VHShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832137990485130735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-87677343628455401832009-01-25T21:19:00.000-05:002009-01-25T21:19:00.000-05:00Man, I don't know why I haven't seen this yet. I'v...Man, I don't know why I haven't seen this yet. I've read about it for years and have even had several chances to see it--but alas...<BR/><BR/>I'll get my act together and check it out someday.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02208109184435483950noreply@blogger.com