Hey bapu,
Hey Mosh,
 
I'm running out of fresh new movies to watch... so I was glad to discover how pleasant this documentary seemed:
 

 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1683876/
 
We saw it on Netflix the other day and it seemed like a movie you can recommend to a friend.
 
best regards,
mike

Hi,
 
I still like watching Herzog's stuff ... no Popol Vuh in it, but it's still good. I found the DVD of his film on the Cave of something or other, and will be watching that also.
 
That opening of the film "Aguirre, the Wrath of God", is still one of the prettiest images I have ever seen in film. You know, what a "forest" like the Amazon is like and about, right there!

Hi,
 
Haven't been seeing a lot of films, and my stack is now almost 2 feet tall of things to watch ... I found a used copy of "The Pillow Book", as I want to watch that again ... I love the subliminal part of that movie on the corner ... and it is amazing and weird that someone even conceived of that ... but that is not a film that many folks can sit through and enjoy ... it is a very tough film, and it moves too fast.
 
Also found a copy of "Bad Timing, A Sensual Obsession" with Theresa Russell, Art Garfunkel and harvey Keitel, in a film that I loved when I first saw ... but been wanting to see it again for all the art in it, and the fantastic use of music that was Nicholas Roeg's trademark in many films.
 
Btw, if you have never seen it, catch "Performance" with Mick Jagger, James Fox, Anita Pallenberg ... and the most amazing imagery you ever saw and an end that will take you for a ride! Dig the music, too!

Thanks for the recommendations Mosh!

The only Herzog I have seen is Burden of Dreams. It is a documentary about the making of Fitzcarraldo. 
 
I found it on Netflix. I can't say I would recommend it but I couldn't stop watching it. I could even watch it again. I don't know why. lol
 
When I heard this on an advertisement, I just had to watch it.
Werner Herzog: [On the jungle] "... Of course, there's a lot of misery. But it is the same misery that is all around us. The trees here are in misery, and the birds are in misery. I don't think they - they sing. They just screech in pain. ..."
 
I will check out Happy People.

I only remember Whitey Herzog.

craigb
I only remember Whitey Herzog.

That's ok ... one too many folks that know that the world exists out there, might mean that the Coffee House would not exist. Dumb and Dumber is better, and trolling even better!

maximumpower
The only Herzog I have seen is Burden of Dreams. It is a documentary about the making of Fitzcarraldo. 
 
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The main thing about Herzog that could be considered hard to watch by Americans, is that the sequences, and "action" parts of the movie, are not centered around a funny line, or moment (like TV), and they have a tendency to downplay the "climax" and create a major moment at a lesser place in the work ... it brings up the bottom, and lowers the top ... and for us, so soaked in TV, this is a problem ... we have no idea what to make of it all.
 
For my tastes, Fitzcarraldo is over done, and no longer important, when compared to his better and earlier work. "Nosferatu" has gorgeous imagery and music. "Aguirre" is insane, and when you listen to the album by Popol Vuh ... you "see" the movie ... it's almost like the music is crazy ... how does the stuff on side one, work with the accoustic stuff on side 2? It doesn't!
 
The other thing, is that the moment you see "Aguirre" and "Nosferatu", you are watching Klaus Kinski ad lib everything ... no script ... just go ... and Werner has to keep up with the camera, or he will miss the moments ... and in "Aguirre", this is really hard, as you can figure out real quick ... there are no tracks for the camera to run, you can't preset the shot ... but you still get an amazing array of images, and watch it towards the end, when his daughter dies ... it's like you are there!
 
Klaus was the ultimate actor from the free form school of acting in Germany ... when everyone used to say ... who needs a script? And he showed it on camera more than once! (Would love to see this done with some CHB folks just once ... just once ... but it will never happen!)
 
"Burden of Dreams" is the film I have on DVD to watch.