Daniel Robert Epstein: Werner Herzog

werner herzog is one of the best human beings ever.
thanks for the interview.

not a slight on daniel robert epstein, but part of me wanted to read the results of rob zombie interviewing herzog.

I think, quite possibly, "befriending Grizzlies" is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Every time I read about Treadwell I think, "Damn that guy was a MORON."

The movie "Burden of Dreams" made me absolutely hate Herzog. It's clear that he thought the lives of the Amazonian workers trying to haul the boat over the mountain were very much expendable for the glory of his cinematic vision. I wonder if the movie were being made in Germany, he'd have been so cavalier with them. If ya get my drift.

And there's an absolutely laughable speech he gives where he talks about the jungle and he says something like "It's the sound of fornication, of murder", which makes me instinctively fill in "Now is zee time on Sprockets vehn vee dahhhhnce."

And Fitzcarraldo is a pretty bad movie at that.

herzog is alegend,espescialy when it comes to the documentary genre. great interview.

i can't wait for this to come out. hertzog is such a gangster. truly awesome interview, as usual.

i love that 'i would be a failed bank robber' quote, especially concidering that he stole his first 35mm camera, which is now up in a museum.

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that bear guy sounds like such a complete jackass in the trailer, no wonder a bear killed him.

I came here to say the same thing, Snottlebocket. This probably makes me a terrible person, but by the time the preview was over, I decided it was probably for the best.

haaaaaahahaha

les blank recently gave an interview regarding herzog's relationship to the peruvians that's archived on the WFMU website, and while there's no doubt that herzog can be rather singleminded regarding his work and potentially neglectful of the people who are helping him make it, he actually did a lot for the peruvian indians, who were initiallly very distrustful of herzog and his crew. in particular, he helped them secure their own land, which they apparently still own today. no slavedriver wouldn't have done that.

he's my best fiend

The movie was one of the best I saw during the Seattle film festival. Timothy Treadwell was very disturbed and, while he *meant* well for the bears, he was nothing but a negative for them. I can't fathom why (spoiler alert) his girlfriend stayed with him until the end.

Wow, I watched a story about him on ABC News Primetime. That dude was highly disturbed.

Yes.

There's another boy named Chris McCandless who decided to live in an abandoned bus and died from exposure. He became a saint to non-Alaskans who saw him as some sort of idealist trying to escape the system and a target of ridicule by people who actually live here.

http://anchoragepress.com/archives/documentb965.html

Sherry Simpson's a very good non-fiction writer.

I just watched "Grizzly Man"
Wow. That guy should have been grooming poodles, not making friends with bears.

It makes sense that he would investigate grizzlies now that Klaus is dead.

Similar.

Go, you bears!

Discovery channel had a two part show on this guy.
It might actually be the documentry.. not sure..
But he is a bit of a nutter this guy.
What he was doing was really cool, but he was over on the stupid side of the IQ line when dealing with some of the situations he delt with.

its too bad how he and his girlfriend died, I'm not sure if they played the tape or not.. but his girlfriend was recording the whole thing with the camera but didnt take the lense cap off. so all they got was audio from the bear killing both of them

This interview missed the rare opportunity of uttering the phrase "Bear Mitzvah" in a relevant context.