The Wildest Director Ever - Werner Herzog

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  • čas přidán 24. 05. 2024
  • Werner Herzog, the wildest director ever. From pulling a 300 ton boat up a hill in Fitzcarraldo, to hypnotizing the entire cast for a film, to eating his own shoe... and collaborating with Klaus Kinski 5 times. There are no limits to his way of filmmaking where the ideas for his films are crazy, but the stories behind the scenes are even crazier. With hits like Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Nosferatu the Vampyre, Fitzcarraldo, Grizzly Man and Cave of Forgotten Dreams he's racked up quite the filmography to be considered one of the greats.
    In this video we'll be going over all the wild stories from Werner Herzog's past film and documentary productions chronologically, briefly going over his encounters with Kinski. This will include his controversial start of the career with Even Dwarfs Started Small, the infamous production of Fitzcarraldo and his intriguing documentary topics with Grizzly Man. And we'll also go over things that happened outside of his films such as hypnotizing chickens...
    How to hypnotizing chickens: • How to hypnotize a chi...
    Werner Herzog eats his shoe: • 1970s UC Theatre, Cali...
    Chapters:
    00:00 - Intro
    00:56 - Who Is He?
    02:51 - Controversial?
    09:34 - Shoes... Yum
    13:43 - Pulling Boats
    18:28 - Bears & Caves
    Werner Herzog. Klaus Kinski. Aguirre, the Wrath of God. Nosferatu the Vampyre. Woyzeck. Fitzcarraldo. Cobra Verde. Burden of Dreams. Heart of Glass. Even Dwarfs Started Small. Fata Morgana. La Soufrière. Little Dieter Needs to Fly. Wings of Hope. Grizzly Man. Cave of Forgotten Dreams. Joaquin Phoenix Car Crash. Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe.
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Komentáře • 133

  • @DioBrandoWRYYYYYY
    @DioBrandoWRYYYYYY Před 6 měsíci +156

    my mom had some video lectures of Herzog's and Herzog would straight up just teach people how to pick locks and give suggestions on how to trick local authorities if you're filming without a permit. he's crazy, but he's surprisingly functional for a crazy man

    • @kaatskillserenade
      @kaatskillserenade Před 4 měsíci +29

      I don’t think Herzog is crazy at all. He’s just lived outside the social norms of consumer capitalist society and has a different perspective and his own very refined code of ethics.
      He does however recognize power of story and consciously fosters legends about himself because it affords him the attention and resources he needs to do his work and keep his audience enrapt.

    • @jpdjpd8134
      @jpdjpd8134 Před 5 dny

      ​@@kaatskillserenadellĺ

    • @jpdjpd8134
      @jpdjpd8134 Před 5 dny

      7

  • @midnightteapot5633
    @midnightteapot5633 Před 9 měsíci +166

    Herzog's documentary about the fires of Kuwait was an unforgettable masterpiece.

    • @BoringOats
      @BoringOats Před 9 měsíci +10

      i love to play music to that on mute when i have people over. "Dopesmoker" by the band Sleep goes well.

  • @uselessDM
    @uselessDM Před 6 měsíci +52

    Werner Herzog and Christian Bale seems like a great combination tbh.

    • @Half_giraffe
      @Half_giraffe Před 4 měsíci +6

      Herzog wrote and directed Rescue Dawn starring Christian Bale. Release in '06

  • @ericfurst6091
    @ericfurst6091 Před 9 měsíci +141

    When we talk about crazy directors, there is Copolla, Friedkin, Kubrick and there is Herzog.
    His whole persona is just amazing and my god, his voice and accent. 👍
    You have to be a crazy director, when you work 5x times with Klaus Kinski, voluntarily.
    Pure madness. 🤣😁🤣😁

  • @Wallyworld30
    @Wallyworld30 Před 9 měsíci +57

    Herzog's "Fitzcarraldo" is free to watch on CZcams in HD. It's his best film truly incredible. I didn't think I'd ever find a Herzog film better than Aguirra but pulling that giant ass steam boat over a mountain is literally insane! Perfect picture!

    • @filmnobelpreis
      @filmnobelpreis Před 4 měsíci +1

      Aguirre + Fitzcarraldo + The Burden of Dreams triple feature for new year's

  • @arthurarakelov8317
    @arthurarakelov8317 Před 9 měsíci +173

    I’m totally sure that if Herzog decided that he needs to kill a person to make his next movie he 100% would do it

    • @FilmStack
      @FilmStack  Před 9 měsíci +10

      🤣

    • @user-to2gh7sg3l
      @user-to2gh7sg3l Před 9 měsíci

      Huh?

    • @vinny142
      @vinny142 Před 9 měsíci +10

      And people would praise him for daring to do it. Because people are stupid.

    • @SamP-by7iv
      @SamP-by7iv Před 8 měsíci +15

      ​@@vinny142Well, it would be pretty baller.

    • @Seb30able
      @Seb30able Před 6 měsíci +4

      Not quite. While filming Fitzcaraldo, indian stand-ins proposed to actually kill Kinski, him bring such an a--hole. He refused.

  • @amarug
    @amarug Před 7 měsíci +42

    I am not a movie or TV person, so I had never heard of him. I watched a few episodes of the "Mandalorian" because a friend forced me (until he believed me that I was not interested), but the only thing that stuck out was Herzogs character. His charisma instantly had me, like unreal. So even in such a small meaningless side-role in a rather boring TV series, he was able to capture my attention. Now I want to watch his movies...

  • @liltick102
    @liltick102 Před 9 měsíci +25

    I have dug up everything there is pertinent to Herzog out there - I absolutely love him and his wonderful work.
    He is my favourite man alive.

    • @kaatskillserenade
      @kaatskillserenade Před 4 měsíci +1

      Herzog is the only living role model. He’s apparently perfect.

  • @Hurtdeer
    @Hurtdeer Před měsícem +5

    really the only criticism i can give of this recap of herzog's life is that you submitted me to 20 minutes of footage of him without letting me hear his wonderful voice even once

    • @FilmStack
      @FilmStack  Před měsícem +1

      That’s our biggest regret as well. If it was possible, I would’ve loved to have him narrate the whole thing

  • @itheuserfirst3186
    @itheuserfirst3186 Před 9 měsíci +45

    Herzog is the most German man of all time.

  • @austinsavage5962
    @austinsavage5962 Před 7 měsíci +20

    I was expecting the dude to be kind of a pos but man hes kinda just a legend

  • @clintstewart5545
    @clintstewart5545 Před 9 měsíci +15

    Stroszek was one of the best movies I've ever seen very sad, I watched because once reading wikipedia of Ian Curtis that was the last movie he seen before commiting suicide , I understood why he did after watching that movie great movie in my opinion !!!

  • @carlossaraiva8213
    @carlossaraiva8213 Před 8 měsíci +41

    I have nothing but pure admiration for Werner Herzog.

  • @WheezyLobo
    @WheezyLobo Před 6 měsíci +3

    Good stuff thanks for the vid. Subscribed!

  • @brick6347
    @brick6347 Před 9 měsíci +28

    His death row documentary was fascinating, and coincidentally one of the featured murderers met his end this week.

    • @Nick_CF
      @Nick_CF Před 9 měsíci

      That was a great film

  • @user-jo8nj
    @user-jo8nj Před 7 měsíci +1

    very nice overview, thanks!

  • @78deathface
    @78deathface Před 7 měsíci +4

    I could listen to Herzog talk all day

  • @almightysosa3007
    @almightysosa3007 Před 2 měsíci +3

    I honestly don’t think this man fears death at all. One of the most interesting men in film that’s for sure.

  • @Myst0WL
    @Myst0WL Před 9 měsíci +6

    So funny ive been binging werner content this morning and this just popped up!

    • @FilmStack
      @FilmStack  Před 9 měsíci +1

      Haha awesome! What kind of stuff have you been watching?

  • @liltick102
    @liltick102 Před 9 měsíci +3

    “All my characters belong to the same family, whether they be non-fictional or fictional. They have no shadows, they are without pasts, they all emerge from the darkness. I have really thought of my films as being part of one big work that I have concentrated on the whole time. The characters are desperate, solitary rebels, without knowledge and with no language to communicate. They know their rebellion is doomed to failure, but they continue without respite, wounded, struggling on their own without assistance”
    Herzog on Herzog / ~Werner Herzog, A Guide For The Perplexed w Paul Cronin (great read, mild paraphrase)

  • @kuribayashi84
    @kuribayashi84 Před 9 měsíci +12

    Oh, I only wish he had a bigger role in _Mandalorian._ He stole every scene he was in.
    _"What exquisite craftsmanship. Its amazing how beautfiful Beskar can be when forged by its ancestral artisans..._
    _Can I offer you a libation, to celebrate the closing of our shared narrative?"_

    • @carlossaraiva8213
      @carlossaraiva8213 Před 8 měsíci

      I agree. But i think he did demanded his role to be very limited.

  • @thefilmseeker
    @thefilmseeker Před 9 měsíci +9

    God, I love this madman! Wonderful video!

  • @stadbab
    @stadbab Před 6 měsíci +4

    just so you know, it’s pronounced ‘verner’ - the w sound doesn’t exist in german. amazing video!

  • @kingfish2703
    @kingfish2703 Před 6 měsíci +8

    I'm not a huge fan of his movies, but his documentaries are always unique and beautiful in a way

  • @manuelacosta9463
    @manuelacosta9463 Před 9 měsíci +13

    Herzog had to be a bit out of it himself for working with and being 'friends' with walking hurricane of madness, Klaus Kinski.

  • @michelleaguirre6412
    @michelleaguirre6412 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Thanks great content ❤

  • @AnimalMother98
    @AnimalMother98 Před 4 měsíci

    Amazing video, should cover Tarkovsky

  • @kingjoe3rd
    @kingjoe3rd Před 6 měsíci +3

    I first really became aware of him when he was in a mockumentary about himself, and it showed him and his wife in their LA home having friends over and stuff like that. I actually thought he was a comedic actor at first because he was so good in the role. I have no idea what this film is called or even if it was made by him. Now that I think about it, it may not have been a comedy. Was I high?

    • @FilmStack
      @FilmStack  Před 6 měsíci

      Ha! Now I want to know what this documentary was, I'd love to check it out. If you find out, or if anyone knows, let us know!

    • @2adamast
      @2adamast Před 2 měsíci +1

      Incident at Loch Ness ?

  • @CatFish107
    @CatFish107 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Ok, I just about missed it, but a worker intentionally amputating their own limb has to be one of the wildest dang on set incidents ever.

  • @arjanpetersen
    @arjanpetersen Před měsícem +1

    the Kinski collab is insane. Those dudes would murder each other

  • @kaljic1
    @kaljic1 Před 4 měsíci

    Back in the day, there was a movie event in Berkeley where Werner Herzog and Les Blank appeared. Herzog vowed to eat his shoe. And yes, in this event, he cooked it and ATE IT!!!!

  • @SamP-by7iv
    @SamP-by7iv Před 8 měsíci +1

    Now I know why there was that shot of a chicken crate falling down the mountain at the beginning of Aguirre.

  • @FirstMetalHamster
    @FirstMetalHamster Před 5 měsíci +3

    He is one of germany's few national treasures.

  • @mitlaufer4798
    @mitlaufer4798 Před 5 měsíci

    Gasherbrum - Der Leuchtende Berg is my favorite documentary of his

  • @happy_92
    @happy_92 Před 6 měsíci

    Cobra Verde is also a very insightful film.

  • @lukesams3349
    @lukesams3349 Před 6 měsíci +1

    What a fascinating man

  • @samvandam1766
    @samvandam1766 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I have seen some of his Documentaries.. great stuff.
    But this stuff is Crazy😅

  • @stevetrent4638
    @stevetrent4638 Před 7 měsíci +2

    I’m 33 years old and I’ve never had a hero in my life but I think Herzog might be the first lol

  • @tomace194
    @tomace194 Před 4 měsíci +1

    The chicken thing is awesome.

  • @ThalliumInfinitum
    @ThalliumInfinitum Před 2 měsíci

    I don't know much about Werner Herzog other than he despises chickens, but this video reminded me of something. As a kid, I saw the dinosaur documentary Dinotasia. The thing about Dinotasia is that it's comprised of recycled footage of another Dino Doc, dinosaur revolution. The only major difference between them is that Dinotasia got Herzog to narrate. He didn't even give scientific facts about the dinosaurs either. He just would say something nihilistic about death and creation's meaning. So you'd have footage of a Shunosaurus getting high off mushrooms while Herzog says shit like, "The beauty of life is only eclipsed by its totality. Yet there is no one to experience it. No poets, no artists, just the all encompassing, Final Death..." Herzog wasn't even involved with the production of either shows! They just randomly hired him for Dinotasia to speak like a Philosophy professor over an Allosaursus getting a smackdown from a Sauropod.
    Also, great vid!

  • @zacharykaddouri-champagne2034
    @zacharykaddouri-champagne2034 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Wha- that man was wild

  • @agedstring
    @agedstring Před 6 měsíci +2

    What’s up with the weird line cut offs?

  • @matthendricks9666
    @matthendricks9666 Před 6 měsíci +1

    The amazonian natives were scared as hell of Herzog. Because he stayed so calm with Klaus Kinski. They offered him to kill Kinski. He obviously denied.

  • @Nexowl
    @Nexowl Před měsícem +1

    I mean, he was able to work with Klaus Kinski, so he has to be crazy.

  • @BubblyToast
    @BubblyToast Před 3 měsíci

    I really like ‘Wings of Hope’. Juliane Koepcke story is so fascinating. Her post crash story is also amazing. Check it out!

  • @IloveOtherPplsMsry
    @IloveOtherPplsMsry Před 8 měsíci +2

    Herzog may be the most based living director

    • @marcus6918
      @marcus6918 Před 8 měsíci

      truly the most alpha sigma dude out there

  • @jiga6832
    @jiga6832 Před 8 měsíci +3

    10:31 why do I have a feeling that this is the least questionable thing he has done 😂😂😂

  • @AFryingPan
    @AFryingPan Před 8 měsíci

    I love Fitzcaraldo and Aguirre

  • @sarou3457
    @sarou3457 Před 6 měsíci +1

    13:45 best parts here xD

    • @FilmStack
      @FilmStack  Před 6 měsíci

      One of the most wild movie productions!

  • @connycontainer9459
    @connycontainer9459 Před 9 měsíci

    If I remember correctly he also did a pretty good sci-fi series during the 70's. Don't ask me about the plot though.

  • @perrodetokio
    @perrodetokio Před 6 měsíci

    👏👏👏👏👏

  • @necronomitom
    @necronomitom Před 6 měsíci +3

    What's with all the sloppy audio editing

  • @kaatskillserenade
    @kaatskillserenade Před 4 měsíci +1

    The story about Herzog stealing the camera is a lot like Bob Dylan stealing a pile of rare records when he was a college student. He later said he felt a right to take them, that he was an “expiditionary”.

  • @evanmcdonald9134
    @evanmcdonald9134 Před měsícem

    “The same actor who got run over caught on fire”
    Holy shit imagine being that guy

  • @bandersnatchbigfootexplore549
    @bandersnatchbigfootexplore549 Před 9 měsíci +4

    No it’s definitely the director of the movie roar he makes herzog seem like the least craziest guy on the planet.

    • @mori1bund
      @mori1bund Před 7 měsíci

      Oh yeah! The story of ROAR is really unbelievably crazy!!!

  • @user-to2gh7sg3l
    @user-to2gh7sg3l Před 9 měsíci +3

    Say this with a Herzog accent: "The stark and off-ten sobering mundane authenticity of the human condition." Amazing director and great films though, don't get me wrong....

  • @haiio1348
    @haiio1348 Před 5 měsíci

    the coolest :D

  • @BrandonToy
    @BrandonToy Před 6 měsíci +1

    He is also an actor

  • @RatWorldMedia
    @RatWorldMedia Před 22 dny

    I dont think he necessarily has anything against chickens. I genuinely believe he loves them and takes great joy in their "stupidity" just like his quote about the amazon being a chaotic and godless place. He doesnt hate the amazon or nature, he was just stating the factual nature of the suffering within it and went on to say he "loved it". ❤

  • @filmnobelpreis
    @filmnobelpreis Před 4 měsíci

    Herzog didn't steal a camera to make "Aguirre", he got one from Alex Kluge.

  • @user-to2gh7sg3l
    @user-to2gh7sg3l Před 9 měsíci

    Keep an eye for Herzog next work featuring Adam Sandler and Sinbad......

  • @anthonyt219
    @anthonyt219 Před měsícem

    If you guys like a low key comedy film, watch incident at loch ness. Its a mockumentary. Werner was great in it. You could tell he enjoyed himself in it along with the director

  • @maxiql9565
    @maxiql9565 Před 7 měsíci +1

    He got shot? Lmaooo
    Hes alive? What a legend

  • @GamesWithBrainz
    @GamesWithBrainz Před 3 měsíci +1

    3:18 sounds like a f×cking snuff film lmao

  • @TrekMTBikeRider
    @TrekMTBikeRider Před 5 měsíci

    2004’s Incident at Loch Ness…. Enough said!

  • @TheGahta
    @TheGahta Před 5 měsíci

    i want disney to give him just a cheque, two big planes full of crew and have him see what can be done 🤣

  • @liltick102
    @liltick102 Před 9 měsíci

    You said 20 films, but he claims over 70.
    Most sources are at variance and inconsistent about that - but he’s steadily talked about the number he was at, over the years, unto the present 60-70 odd. 20 seems definitely incorrect (albeit the sources I’m talking about / even if they’re him - might be including what you disclude as a feature film)

    • @FilmStack
      @FilmStack  Před 9 měsíci +3

      Yeah when we said 20, we mean not including his documentaries and short films. His documentaries make up most of his filmography.

  • @ytubeanon
    @ytubeanon Před 2 měsíci

    I'm looking forward to Herzog's new Batman trilogy

  •  Před 4 měsíci

    Ok, I need to point this out because now I've heard you say it wrong in two full videos and it's getting on my nervs. AGUIRRE is a spanish name, and as such, when two Rs are together they sound like a hard R. Put the tongue on the front of the palate and let it reverb a little bit.

    • @FilmStack
      @FilmStack  Před 4 měsíci

      Sorry! We try our best to pronounce names correctly, but don't always get it right. I appreciate the tip! Thank you

  • @shortclips4023
    @shortclips4023 Před 5 měsíci +1

    He played a bad guy in Jack Reacher even as an actor he has a screen presence

  • @zadehgenerous9331
    @zadehgenerous9331 Před 8 měsíci +1

    No shout out to Julien Donkey Boy?

  • @p_ttown1979
    @p_ttown1979 Před 4 měsíci

    if chaotic neutral was a director

  • @TheHomelessDreamer
    @TheHomelessDreamer Před 14 dny +1

    Hiring Klaus Kinski once is understandable. Hiring him a second time is absurd. Hiring him 5 times is insanity defined. All this video needed to say was: "He hired Kinski FIVE TIMES!" and then be uploaded.
    Watch the Kinski vid on this channel, trust me.

  • @blankpool
    @blankpool Před 6 měsíci +2

    I can only imagine him describing the flavor of the shoe. "The taste is like that of all the atrocities that were in harmony to create this utilitarian object that was never meant to be consumed by anything other than the earth when we are no more."

  • @theholymackerel072
    @theholymackerel072 Před 5 měsíci

    Herzog has always been trolling us, always one step ahead like Kauffman was.

  • @uzetaab
    @uzetaab Před 9 měsíci +1

    I don't think I have ever watched anything by this guy. Too gritty for me. Great video though, was still very interesting.

    • @carlossaraiva8213
      @carlossaraiva8213 Před 8 měsíci

      You could start with Nosferatu or Bad Lieutrnant:Port Of Call New Orlleans as those are among his most accessible movies. The later in particular is practically a comedy.

  • @Skaatje
    @Skaatje Před 6 měsíci

    *"A person of short statue"*
    How can we take anyone serious if they're already scared of using normal words?

  • @yp3424
    @yp3424 Před 9 měsíci +5

    I think, Herzog (81 years old), would have made a big success of making a film about crappy contemporary Greece, a country on the brink of collapse. With the vast majority of the cretinous population being illiterate, schizophrenic or drug addicted, a real chaotic situation, which is Herzog's (and previously, F. Fellini's) very element, literally, a great attraction & fun for the audiences, worldwide.

  • @phantomfire8228
    @phantomfire8228 Před 6 měsíci

    14:53

  • @chump3947
    @chump3947 Před 6 měsíci

    I have seen a few of his documentaries and they're very interesting. I won't watch any in the future, as I think his past actions have bordered on Sociopathic.

  • @samuellee481
    @samuellee481 Před 7 měsíci +1

    his one word of advice for being a good filmmaker is always and forever will be: read

  • @Gileraec1devil
    @Gileraec1devil Před 7 dny

    Hes from Switzerland 😊 not Germany thats two different things....100 percent your from Usa right?😊

  • @ghostrights9314
    @ghostrights9314 Před 5 měsíci

    Theodore Roosevelt would have liked this guy a lot.

  • @jondraw
    @jondraw Před měsícem +1

    animal cruelty
    an obligatory quality of "genius" filmmakers.
    and i love how this video mentions it as if it was nothing
    well, klaus kinkski abused his daughter and everyone considers him a legend
    values, who needs them, right?

  • @sebastianalegria3401
    @sebastianalegria3401 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Herzog, apart from being a crazy director, is also known by hiring constantly Klaus Kinski in his movies whose relationship was based on love & hate.

  • @Gileraec1devil
    @Gileraec1devil Před 7 dny

    Hes not German hes a swissmen😊

  • @WesleyNiman
    @WesleyNiman Před 6 měsíci

    So he thought he was justified in stealing because he needed it to film? That still doesn't justify stealing lmao. That's just poor moral relativism.

    • @dano511
      @dano511 Před 6 měsíci

      You’re boring

  • @robbie_
    @robbie_ Před 6 měsíci

    I'll be honest, I've never liked the man or any of his film.

  • @vinny142
    @vinny142 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Herzog is a good example of how we praise famous people because they are famous, not for what they actually do. If anybody with a lesser name did the exact same, we'd call for them to be locked up.

    • @thenablade858
      @thenablade858 Před 8 měsíci +3

      I don’t think so. Most people think Herzog is insane too. It’s just more shocking and entertaining because he’s a successful director of films and documentaries.

    • @carlossaraiva8213
      @carlossaraiva8213 Před 8 měsíci +9

      Herzog was not born famous, he became famous. Dont mistake him for the kardashians.

  • @eastbrecht
    @eastbrecht Před 9 měsíci +2

    Don't judge Kinski too harshly. He was born 1926 and seriously traumatized by what he experienced on the battlefield during his time in the army and growing up in post war Germany.

    • @Master-Mirror
      @Master-Mirror Před 9 měsíci +8

      Loads of Germans went through the same and didn't end up sexually abusing their daughters.

    • @Joeks0303
      @Joeks0303 Před 8 měsíci +4

      Yeah, Kinski went through hell but many other Germans did, that man is genuinely a monster

    • @2adamast
      @2adamast Před 2 měsíci

      Kinsky can create a Kinsky biography like anyone else.

  • @dylanmonstrum1538
    @dylanmonstrum1538 Před 6 měsíci +1

    19:13 The man is just... He's built different.

  • @dylanmonstrum1538
    @dylanmonstrum1538 Před 6 měsíci

    15:08 all jokes aside, this really is the most unbelievably soothing thing. It's like being back in the womb. Maybe you subconsciously link it back to being a baby or something?

  • @robertmiles1603
    @robertmiles1603 Před 7 měsíci

    the man willing to go the extra distance WILL get the extra results. look at kubrick. scared the shit outta shelly duvalle so her reaction to nicholson acting crazy was genuine. thats what we're talkin about here