Encounter at the end of the world

Athena 2022-04-20 09:02:14

After watching this documentary, my heart is left and my heart is disappointed
. I am satisfied with the madness of the polar sunshine, the seals, the chirping volcanoes, the boiling penguins... I am
even more delighted in every overly friendly face in the shot.
Someone said, "People who are not bound will fall to the bottom of the earth"
I shivered with excitement and resonated with it
, but all this was only temporary consolation when I looked at
the huge McMurdo station
. If I
could enjoy the peace forever in the distance ,
I would hesitate to look at the coast of Tierra del Fuego, but in the
end... The unstoppable footsteps belong
to people and the times,
so I get scared and
afraid of not being able to. Too many people who are bound are
afraid of too many people who know its beauty, too many
people who profit from it, too many
scholars of all kinds.…

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Encounters at the End of the World quotes

  • Werner Herzog: It occurred to me that in the time that we spent with him in the greenhouse possibly three or four languages have died. In our efforts to preserve endangered species we seem to overlook something equally important. To me, it's a sign of a deeply disturbed civilization, where tree-huggers and whale-huggers in their weirdness are acceptable, while no one embraces the last speakers of a language.

  • Werner Herzog: For me, the best description of hunger is the description of bread. A poet said that once I think. For me, the best description of freedom is what you have in front of you. You're travelling a lot.