Unbound man falls into South Pole

Demarco 2022-03-22 09:02:35


Herzog stood so high, but chose the lowest point of the world to carry out a roam. Crisis of civilization, biological evolution, fictional character interviews, peaceful pessimism, reverence for the mystery of subtle things, wandering complex, scientific exploration, visual hallucinations, all of which are wonderfully stitched together in one hundred minutes by the camera. I sometimes worry that he stands too high, higher than what is required to face the status quo, and at the same time maintains the most basic objective and normality of the documentary, but at least in this part, he has mastered the balance on the tightrope; at the same time, a Like the mystery of Antarctica itself, Herzog's lens also stimulates the imagination infinitely. love him more.

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  • 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.