How Werner Herzog Masters Documentary Storytelling
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- čas přidán 22. 04. 2017
- Filmmaker Werner Herzog's relentless pursuit of "ecstatic" truth.
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I've heard many things about Herzog. I don't think I ever heard anything that made him feel so human. The way he used inference to drive home how horrific this attack was, all done tastefully to the point of minimalism, really captures how much he didn't want to exploit the tragedy. Yet his brilliance as a filmmaker was utilized in full effect to make you understand its severity regardless. Excellent analysis, and thank you for showing us a side to Herzog a lot of us might be ignorant of. I admire the work of many filmmakers who I'm sure would've handled this subject with far less grace.
Herzog is the most dedicated filmmaker in the history of filmmaking
I would call his documentaries 'magical realism', because he sees the magic that cannot be found in fiction with the simple mechanics of cinema. I only saw Fitzcarraldo as a backdrop to better understand The Burden of Dreams, which was way more interesting to see. Already there you can notice Herzog's struggle with fiction, how he is a man of the world - not of the industry.
Probably I would be alone on this, but for me the whole Grizzly Man documentary is wrong. I felt from the beginning Timothy was playing like a little kid, acting like kind of superior creature in a place where he does not belong bothering others animal's home till he crossed too many lines he just got what sadly we allready know. I do not know any, but ask any bbc or natural geographic documentaries professionals what do they think about Timothy and his "work" and talk about the respect you may have all time for each animal everywhere. And to make it "better", they went out after the bear to kill him! - Really very unfair story. I really felt unfair and mad at the end.
That bear fight... oh man. That was intense.
I've only seen a few of Herzog's films, but Aguirre: The Wrath of God might be the greatest film I've ever seen.
I think for me why Herzog is so important is because he is in touch with the truth of himself, free of pretense that the movie industry creates and the shallow formulaic storytelling, that accompanied by music to enhance the artificial same old. The fact that he tells the coroner to express his emotions is a simple proof of this. He is like the old man at the campfire thousands of years ago, who just didn't tell the story, but acted it out so that his audience can feel and be on the same journey. He wants you to feel and understand, not what he wants you to, but the truth. I don't know, I don't think I am still explaining it correctly, but its as close as I can get right now. I don't think he is unique though, I've seen great documentaries that made me feel that way too, one that comes to mind is "Born into Brothels"
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great work!
Perhaps the greatest living legendary filmmaker today!
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Herzog is a true master and a true mad man. I couldn't tell you what intrigues me more. I love his work. I appreciate this video and all your work, Sven.
Brilliant, moving insight. I learned of Herzog through Masterclass, I bought his film making master class before the website deleted it because they went subscription-only. I got a lot out of the portion I finished and have admired Herzog ever since.
I love Werner Herzog so much and this video does him justice.
From all I can remember, "Grizzly Man" is the first work by Herzog I saw. I had no idea who he was or the significance, really, of the work (and its gravitas), but was moved and disturbed by it--particularly remembering this scene where he's listening to the audio.
Werner Herzog is really talented! Thanks for posting this analysis of his filmmaking!
i love Herzog's documentary work. its rare to find so much humanity, and he proves in each how much he cares about the subject. the prologue of "Into the Abyss" stuck me so much...the sensibility of him as a director to make a regular interview so deep in such an easy way. he makes it so personal, that the technical doesnt even matter as how much depth his documentaries have.
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This was very insightful. I wasn't a big fan of Herzog's documentaries before, but this really got me to see his personal approach and the philosophy behind his work. Thank you very much for making this. I really want to get into documentary film making and this is a great start.