Werner Herzog career interview: "You have to brace yourself for the bozos"

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  • How an infuriating encounter at an ad agency prompted Herzog to ditch a CZcams series about the internet in favour of making his feature-length connected-world documentary Lo and Behold... and other personal anecdotes from the career of the great German director.
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Komentáře • 89

  • @tgmolitor6215
    @tgmolitor6215 Před 7 lety +170

    Werner Herzog. Earth's narrator.

    • @justpettet3506
      @justpettet3506 Před 5 lety +3

      wow

    • @Mr_M_
      @Mr_M_ Před 4 lety +2

      Morgan Freeman: Werner Herzog's narrator.

    • @leoelliondeux
      @leoelliondeux Před 10 měsíci +1

      He’s humanity’s narrator. Earth’s narrator is David Attenborough

    • @neuralnetwork17
      @neuralnetwork17 Před 6 měsíci

      Everyone knows Herzog, Freeman and Attenborough work in eight hour shifts.

  • @randykarnell9980
    @randykarnell9980 Před 6 lety +43

    This is the perfect interviewer.
    Very charming Woman who consistently asks the precisely-correct question.
    The question you and I would ask.
    When Werner gets to his story about 400 monkeys (Werner was bitten over 30 times).?
    She can barely contain herself - it's almost like stand-up comedy.
    Everything has a rhythm with Werner - a cadence - it's a great Listen.
    ...

    • @norwegianblue2764
      @norwegianblue2764 Před rokem

      Yes. Francine's great. Would have been nice to see her lovely face. Strange choice of camera angle.

  • @vudu8ball
    @vudu8ball Před 4 lety +16

    I live in Seattle. The art museum here is open and airy and full of light. Then you step into the stair well and it is like a stair well in a prison or a low budget high school, the kind of place you could get knifed by bullies after your lunch money. It is very jarring so I understand what Herzog means by, "repulsive corridors."

  • @halsinden
    @halsinden Před 3 lety +27

    hats off to francine stock; so often herzog seems paired with an interviewer who is either clueless or hideously overbearing. this is a great to-and-fro and i really appreciate how she coaxed the best out of the great man himself.

  • @shaunbritton939
    @shaunbritton939 Před 3 lety +14

    Only discovered him yesterday now I'm hooked I NVR realized he did Nosferatu the 1979 with Klaus amazing film maker

  • @vudu8ball
    @vudu8ball Před 4 lety +16

    @38:12 I was struck with the similarity between Treadwell and Klaus Kinskey. The mercurial ups and downs, the anger toward authority, the feeling of persecution and his unshakable belief in what he was doing.

    • @FrictionBassIgnition
      @FrictionBassIgnition Před 3 lety +3

      Both also considered themselves men of nature. They held a fantastical and idealistic view of nature and ignored its more chaotic and capricious aspects.

  • @tizwah
    @tizwah Před 6 lety +31

    Really good interview. It's a pity the sound guys messed it up with a crappy noise gate... :(

    • @Freakazoid12345
      @Freakazoid12345 Před 10 měsíci

      What is a, "noise gate" ?

    • @tizwah
      @tizwah Před 10 měsíci

      @@Freakazoid12345 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noise_gate

    • @halfadecade4770
      @halfadecade4770 Před 3 měsíci

      she needs to talk into the fucking mic

  • @declanroberts8934
    @declanroberts8934 Před 6 lety +50

    BFI: Its only Wener Herzog give him the cheap crap mic in the corner...

  • @randykarnell9980
    @randykarnell9980 Před 6 lety +14

    an added bonus at Werner's film school:
    You learn how-to forge documents.
    Pick locks.
    -with no apologies.
    Oh - and be prepared to swim across the Mekong.
    ...

  • @robsmithadventures1537
    @robsmithadventures1537 Před 11 měsíci +2

    The title 'Lo and Behold' is genius.

  • @NewWaveFilms
    @NewWaveFilms Před rokem +2

    "Everyone is Royalty, but there are no stars."

  • @mikialex252
    @mikialex252 Před 3 lety +7

    ...Ein großartiger Künstler.

  • @randykarnell9980
    @randykarnell9980 Před 6 lety +5

    @ 18:10
    "Let's do the do-able."
    (wanting a particular shot that would require too much time to set up)
    16 shooting days did not give Werner much flexibility - but of course he's Werner
    so he made everything work regardless.
    Wow -
    ...

  • @alexsnelling480
    @alexsnelling480 Před 3 lety +6

    I love how he pronounces: “monkeys”

  • @gordoloboalbondigas
    @gordoloboalbondigas Před 7 lety +3

    Ian, I REALLY think you would love to listen to what Herzog has to say---he is so incredibly renegade and at the same time grounded. Check it out!!

  • @lorenfulghum2393
    @lorenfulghum2393 Před 4 lety +3

    They never did get that clip wound up

  • @BrettonFerguson
    @BrettonFerguson Před 4 lety +2

    @25:56 Going to the site of Dieter Dengler's plane wreck to film would have been interesting, but not added much to the documentary. Most importantly, if you they had been caught, Dieter with them to help find the site, talk, and show them things, Dieter very well may have found himself imprisoned in Laos for a second time, with little food, etc... It would have been bad.

  • @EalainKloapa
    @EalainKloapa Před 3 měsíci

    He has an awesome vibe... the dark humour makes him incredibly likeable 😅

  • @fesenzac
    @fesenzac Před 7 lety +4

    Anyone knows what happened with Herzog s film project about The Mexican Conquest?

  • @robertloader9826
    @robertloader9826 Před 3 lety

    Dropped a bollock with the sound there BFI.

  • @robinness6321
    @robinness6321 Před 4 lety +2

    Such a master

  • @newsungsails3651
    @newsungsails3651 Před 4 lety +3

    I love The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser and Heart of Glass above all of his films, but I haven’t seen one I disliked. What are your favorites?

    • @cosmicmauve
      @cosmicmauve Před 4 lety +4

      So far, Nosferatu. I just love the opening credits sequence, it sets the tone of real creepiness, and the back story that goes with that is interesting too. I think I will very much like Fitzcaraldo too when I get around to it, have seen bits and pieces. Kinski really was a great actor, even as temperamental as he was.

    • @huhnturr
      @huhnturr Před 4 lety +3

      Watch Stroszek!

    • @newsungsails3651
      @newsungsails3651 Před 4 lety +3

      @@huhnturr Stroszek is incredible! Very haunting.

    • @newsungsails3651
      @newsungsails3651 Před 4 lety +1

      @@cosmicmauve Agreed! Nosfteratu has a great mood. I love the hysteria around the plague later in the film.

  • @jimwalsh1958space
    @jimwalsh1958space Před 2 měsíci

    werner is the big brother that was kind and helpful and a good teacher that i never had. i miss werner herzog because i never met him.

  • @jude999
    @jude999 Před 7 lety

    Where? What? When?

  • @themadplotter
    @themadplotter Před 3 lety +1

    I guess it's copyright but it's weird they don't show the clips of the movie they are talking

    • @TYSLYS
      @TYSLYS Před 3 lety +1

      its sucks eh, and is pointlessly sterile .... its his work....

    • @themadplotter
      @themadplotter Před 3 lety

      @@TYSLYS if anybody wouldn't care about pirating his film it would be Herzog.

    • @thekaiser4333
      @thekaiser4333 Před 4 měsíci

      People who watch this interview know the films.

  • @randykarnell9980
    @randykarnell9980 Před 6 lety +1

    You'd almost think Werner could make a lyrical ...
    "horror-documentary."
    - about corridors.
    @ 11:15.
    It's just hilarious - but better to watch for self.
    ...

  • @destybenway
    @destybenway Před 7 lety +10

    He sort of has the same Idols as Adrian Veidt. Good thing he became a poet..

    • @TSR1776
      @TSR1776 Před 5 lety +1

      If a giant alien squid detonates over NYC, I know who to blame

  • @CCervido
    @CCervido Před 7 lety +10

    Good interviewer! Who is she?

  • @asynchronicity
    @asynchronicity Před 5 měsíci

    International treasure ❤

  • @annalisavajda252
    @annalisavajda252 Před měsícem

    Street smarts vs book smarts and untested theories. They often fail to make connections with social issues either they may look at a predominantly black school for instance and think their poor grade averages are related to genetics but actually the environment is the problem if they lack adequate nutrition have more stress that will hinder their studies some drop out of school they need to work to survive instead doesn't mean they are stupid but education is a luxury for many.

  • @bfgivmfith
    @bfgivmfith Před 2 měsíci

    I was attacked by a spider money as a child, not once but twice, long story. :) Bottom line is, I hate monkeys! LOL! This coming from a man that has dedicated his life to saving animals! LOL!

  • @Reymundodonsayo
    @Reymundodonsayo Před 4 lety +6

    He loves to hear himself speak Great Man.

  • @EtienneKaleb
    @EtienneKaleb Před 6 lety +4

    45:10

  • @randykarnell9980
    @randykarnell9980 Před 6 lety +6

    Everything Werner sez is hilarious.
    Either intentionally - i.e.punchline-city.
    or just by complete surprise:
    "I wanted 100 pigs (literally) ..."
    (for a specific scene/movie)
    A friend turned me on to Werner - knows Werner personally -
    To me Werner is Superman - The Man Of Steel.
    So it's further occurred to me (that) I've become Soft.
    either "become" or always-was -
    I just don't have Werner's strength.
    or else I do and just don't know it.
    .
    ...

  • @jackedtoeproductions3284

    G . O . D .

  • @mexDpeace
    @mexDpeace Před 5 měsíci

    He edited movie in 9 days?????!

    • @thekaiser4333
      @thekaiser4333 Před 4 měsíci

      Yes, he is very slow. But quality takes time.

  • @carmichaelk.5214
    @carmichaelk.5214 Před 7 měsíci

    Werner Herzog hates meditation? SHOCKING.

    • @thekaiser4333
      @thekaiser4333 Před 4 měsíci

      Have you ever met people who meditate??

  • @kirkmbutterfield
    @kirkmbutterfield Před 2 lety

    Podcast 1289

  • @simeonbanner6204
    @simeonbanner6204 Před 6 lety +28

    The interviewer. I don't wish to be cruel but she's totally inappropriate. She doesn't appear to have any insight into the human condition. I think the problem is well educated, upper middle class people in cultural institutions: Oxford, Cambridge wealth and privilege whereas as Herzog is a man of the world who knows the abyss.

  • @dancroitoru364
    @dancroitoru364 Před měsícem

    I thought it was a habit of the nouveaux riches to tell the world about 100 times a day their rags to riches story - lol Couldn't he talk about his film making without this patronizing "I made it" attitude?

  • @muhammadziauddinrosyadarro4263

    Bozos ?

    • @shoshiwas
      @shoshiwas Před 5 lety +1

      it's a reference to Bozo the Clown. The character was on tv in the US for many years.

  • @Rodney17302
    @Rodney17302 Před 11 měsíci +1

    The older Werner Herzog gets, the more he sounds like Arnold Schwarzenegger

  • @bahoevel
    @bahoevel Před 7 lety +1

    maybe should have left it as a youtube; Lo and Behold was pretty ineffective -was quite dissapointed with the film OH HOW I WISH Into the Inferno had been playing at my local theater instead!

  • @cinnamon4605
    @cinnamon4605 Před 5 lety +1

    To interview werner no one shouldn't ask questions, better way is to let him talk alone.

  • @arturartur1051
    @arturartur1051 Před 4 lety +1

    94/5000
    Herzog is a genius, but like all geniuses he tells great truths, but also great stupidity.

    • @christophersurnname9967
      @christophersurnname9967 Před 4 lety

      .... what do you mean by great stupidity?

    • @rayiversen8051
      @rayiversen8051 Před 2 lety +2

      Interesting. What do you mean by the dichotomy of great truths and great stupidity?

  • @stanmarshthedarsh
    @stanmarshthedarsh Před 3 lety

    "I'm not so much into the meditation and sitting in the lotus position. I've never seen anything decent come from one of those"... He's clearly not a fan of David Lynch.

    • @IronsteffL
      @IronsteffL Před 3 lety +4

      He clearly made a movie with David Lynch. And you clearly need to drop the meme-style argumentation and learn some differentiation. A world as complex as ours and people as complex as Werner Herzog or David Lynch don't fit into a couple of words, no matter how "funny" you deem them.

    • @robertloader9826
      @robertloader9826 Před 3 lety +3

      @@IronsteffL chill out babe.