Any Werner Herzog fans here? - Democratic Underground

bif

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Tue Aug-04-09 02:57 PM
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Any Werner Herzog fans here?

I just watched "Little Dieter Needs to Fly." What a cool movie. I watched a bunch of his films over the weekend. A true genius.

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Aristus

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Tue Aug-04-09 03:00 PM
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1. I'm a big fan of Aguirre, The Wrath Of God.

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bif

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Tue Aug-04-09 03:26 PM
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2. One of my all-time favorites.

Kinski was brilliant in that, wasn't he?

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mitchum

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Tue Aug-04-09 03:36 PM
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3. That's because it's the greatest film ever made

and it stars the greatest actor who ever walked the earth

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mitchum

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Tue Aug-04-09 03:37 PM
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4. I love everything except for "Wild Blue Yonder"

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Fire Walk With Me

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Tue Aug-04-09 03:43 PM
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5. Absolutely, although I haven't yet watched his entire catalogue.

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bif

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Tue Aug-04-09 04:10 PM
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6. I'm working my way through his body of work

Just joined Netflix and they have a ton of his movies that I haven't seen yet.

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Fire Walk With Me

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Tue Aug-04-09 04:14 PM
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7. If you have not yet seen the magnificent "Nosferatu" with Kinski,

note that there are two versions- one in German with English subtitles, and one in English (!). The dialogue is slightly different. IIRC, one joke is lost completely in one version. Could be wrong. See both, because it's Herzog :)

Enjoy!

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bif

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Tue Aug-04-09 04:18 PM
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8. Sure I've seen it.

I heard he did a scene by scene copy of the original silent film. Kinski is creepy as ever. I've seen a lot of his films. But he's made a ton of them, so it's going to take some time to see them all.

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Fire Walk With Me

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Tue Aug-04-09 04:27 PM
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10. It's very close, but is missing the (original's) creepy horse and carriage scene.

It might be the earliest example of stop-motion animation ever done, I'm not certain...

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Brother Buzz

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Tue Aug-04-09 04:20 PM
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9. Final scene from Stroszek made me a big time Werner Herzog fan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm3B82Q5vhY&feature=related

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bif

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Wed Aug-05-09 09:00 AM
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11. Brilliant and haunting

Hard to forget a scene like that.

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