Werner Herzog
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Kicking against the pricks: two short documentaries from Melbourne
In the non-fiction selection of this year‘s film festival in Melbourne, the standouts included two economic miniatures, which take a bold, empathetic and vivid approach to LGBTI subjects.
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The conqueror of the useless
A genuine democracy must be open to dissent, the different and the useless. Only through this “conquest of the useless” can we get closer to the truth.
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On the differences between man and machine
Werner Herzog explores and challenges the net – as the dreamy documentarist he continues to be.
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Herzog as prosecutor
Each of these film portraits begins with a travelling shot towards the death chamber. Werner Herzog’s voice pronounces that he is an opponent of the death sentence. Herzog’s questioning succeeds in eliciting sensitive yet strangely matter-of-fact responses that seem to surface like disclosures from the depths of the human soul.
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Literally My Dearest Enemy – Klaus Kinski
My Best Fiend (German: Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski, literally My Dearest Enemy - Klaus Kinski) is a 1999 German documentary film written and directed by Werner Herzog, about his tumultuous yet productive relationship with German actor Klaus Kinsk
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Tory is told with no hesitation
The Man, His Dream, Punishment, Redemption. These are the titles of the four chapters of Werner Herzog’s new documentary. Big words that call for passionate reflection on life and death – which is just what we find in this incredible biography of a man who himself sums it up like this: "Death did not want…
