Werner Herzog (director)

a trip to the theater! : rescue dawn (directed by werner herzog) last night eric and i went to see a special screening of werner herzog 's new film rescue dawn hosted by variety and the museum of the moving image. i went into the film knowing very little except that it dealt with the vietnam war era, is the narrative version of a documentary ( little dieter needs to fly , also by herzog ) and that it was supposed to be intense. i have never seen little dieter needs to fly - a decision i made when i learned that herzog was ... Read Full Story

The first decade of the new millennium would see an abundance of cinematic treasures, disasters and all things in between. It was the decade in which the Webbed-Wonder swung through the streets of New York and battled the Green Goblin, Doc-Ock, Sandman and Venom. It would be the decade of torture porn. It would be the decade in which The Matrix sequels thoroughly disappointed. It would be the decade Michael Bay came into his own as the purveyor of crash-bang action flicks and discovered the photogenic quality of Megan Fox’s ass. It would be the decade that many screen icons left us, whilst others ... Read Full Story

The creative Eoghan Kidney is off to the Werner Herzog’s Rogue Film School . Being held in a discreet L.A location soon. Eoghan did the really cool video for Delorentos’ S.E.C.R.E.T. Eoghan was blogged about by Kayne West of all people Read Full Story

Werner Herzog gets interviewed on KCRW’s “The Treatment.” (Thanks to Ross Kendall for letting me know about this.) Here’s the link (and yes, there’s a downloadable podcast.) I haven’t seen “The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” yet, but I assume that like all Herzog’s other films it’s strangely compelling and somewhat badly made . Read Full Story

What happens when two of cinema’s greatest (and oddest) filmmakers collaborate on a project? The answer is: My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done. A new feature film directed by Werner Herzog and produced by David Lynch . Starring Willem Dafoe, Michael Shannon, Chloe Sevigny and Brad Dourif, the film is centred around the strange (what else?), true life tale of a disturbed man obsessed with a Sophocles play, who murders his mother with a sword. Werner Herzog, since his award-winning documentary Grizzly Man , has undergone a career renaissance. Along with Rescue Dawn, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans and his ... Read Full Story