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Werner Herzog
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Born: Sep 5, 1942
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A leading figure in the German cinema's "new wave," Werner Herzog has stimulated considerable debate among film scholars, some of whom regard him as a poetic genius while others brand him a self-indulgent charlatan. In either case, he can't be easily dismissed. Herzog's films-the most inter- esting of which include Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser (1975), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1978), and Fitzcarraldo (1982)-are often breathtaking in their visuals if diffuse in their narratives. His powerful imagery, which often incorporates impressive landscapes and natural wonders captured on film under arduous circumstances, more than compensates for his questionable development of theme. The director, who shrouds himself in a cloak of self-fashioned mythology, will probably be linked forever with actor Klaus Kinski, his frequent (and eccentric) leading man, with whom he and his family lived for a time in Munich. Herzog has appeared in several of his movies, and was the centerpiece of Les Blank's candid documentary about the trouble plagued production of Fitzcarraldo called Burden of Dreams (1982). He was also featured in the short-subject Werner Her- zog Eats His Shoe (1979), in which he paid off a bet to budding filmmaker Errol Morris in the manner described in the title.
OTHER FILMS INCLUDE: 1968:Signs of Life, Even Dwarfs Started Small 1976:Heart of Glass 1984:Where the Green Ants Dream 1988:Slave Coast, Lightning Over Braddock: A Rustbowl Fantasy 1989:Ha...[MORE]
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Werner Herzog Nude and Sexy
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