The Wildest Director Ever - Werner Herzog

[@DioBrandoWRYYYYYY]

my mom had some video lectures of Herzog's and Herzog would straight up just teach people how to pick locks and give suggestions on how to trick local authorities if you're filming without a permit. he's crazy, but he's surprisingly functional for a crazy man

[@kaatskillserenade]

I don’t think Herzog is crazy at all. He’s just lived outside the social norms of consumer capitalist society and has a different perspective and his own very refined code of ethics. He does however recognize power of story and consciously fosters legends about himself because it affords him the attention and resources he needs to do his work and keep his audience enrapt.

[@jpdjpd8134]

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[@midnightteapot5633]

Herzog's documentary about the fires of Kuwait was an unforgettable masterpiece.

[@Domingo95x]

i love to play music to that on mute when i have people over. "Dopesmoker" by the band Sleep goes well.

[@ProbablyOnLSD69]

@@Domingo95xyou sound like my kinda guy

[@Hurtdeer]

really the only criticism i can give of this recap of herzog's life is that you submitted me to 20 minutes of footage of him without letting me hear his wonderful voice even once

[@FilmStack]

That’s our biggest regret as well. If it was possible, I would’ve loved to have him narrate the whole thing

[@ericfurst6091]

When we talk about crazy directors, there is Copolla, Friedkin, Kubrick and there is Herzog. His whole persona is just amazing and my god, his voice and accent. 👍 You have to be a crazy director, when you work 5x times with Klaus Kinski, voluntarily. Pure madness. 🤣😁🤣😁

[@uselessDM]

Werner Herzog and Christian Bale seems like a great combination tbh.

[@Half_giraffe]

Herzog wrote and directed Rescue Dawn starring Christian Bale. Release in '06

[@Wallyworld30]

Herzog's "Fitzcarraldo" is free to watch on KZbin in HD. It's his best film truly incredible. I didn't think I'd ever find a Herzog film better than Aguirra but pulling that giant ass steam boat over a mountain is literally insane! Perfect picture!

[@filmnobelpreis]

Aguirre + Fitzcarraldo + The Burden of Dreams triple feature for new year's

[@RobertMunro-wb6jb]

Thanks ! Definitely going to view it !

[@arthurarakelov8317]

I’m totally sure that if Herzog decided that he needs to kill a person to make his next movie he 100% would do it

[@FilmStack]

🤣

[@vinny142]

And people would praise him for daring to do it. Because people are stupid.

[@SamP-by7iv]

​@@vinny142Well, it would be pretty baller.

[@Seb30able]

Not quite. While filming Fitzcaraldo, indian stand-ins proposed to actually kill Kinski, him bring such an a--hole. He refused.

[@anderson-gb8rp]

Love how clueless dipshits think they know him. No, he wouldn't kill someone to make a movie.

[@liltick102]

I have dug up everything there is pertinent to Herzog out there - I absolutely love him and his wonderful work. He is my favourite man alive.

[@kaatskillserenade]

Herzog is the only living role model. He’s apparently perfect.

[@amarug]

I am not a movie or TV person, so I had never heard of him. I watched a few episodes of the "Mandalorian" because a friend forced me (until he believed me that I was not interested), but the only thing that stuck out was Herzogs character. His charisma instantly had me, like unreal. So even in such a small meaningless side-role in a rather boring TV series, he was able to capture my attention. Now I want to watch his movies...

[@cjsdizzy]

I'm always super impressed and excited when art makes a person that's not normally into that particular art form, want to check out more of it.

[@RobertMunro-wb6jb]

Only thing I liked in it too!!!

[@itheuserfirst3186]

Herzog is the most German man of all time.

[@insect6003]

Hans is

[@austinsavage5962]

I was expecting the dude to be kind of a pos but man hes kinda just a legend

[@ashleybrown4754]

He is the good kind of crazy

[@liltick102]

“All my characters belong to the same family, whether they be non-fictional or fictional. They have no shadows, they are without pasts, they all emerge from the darkness. I have really thought of my films as being part of one big work that I have concentrated on the whole time. The characters are desperate, solitary rebels, without knowledge and with no language to communicate. They know their rebellion is doomed to failure, but they continue without respite, wounded, struggling on their own without assistance” Herzog on Herzog / ~Werner Herzog, A Guide For The Perplexed w Paul Cronin (great read, mild paraphrase)

[@almightysosa3007]

I honestly don’t think this man fears death at all. One of the most interesting men in film that’s for sure.

[@clintstewart5545]

Stroszek was one of the best movies I've ever seen very sad, I watched because once reading wikipedia of Ian Curtis that was the last movie he seen before commiting suicide , I understood why he did after watching that movie great movie in my opinion !!!

[@carlossaraiva8213]

I have nothing but pure admiration for Werner Herzog.

[@brick6347]

His death row documentary was fascinating, and coincidentally one of the featured murderers met his end this week.

[@Nick_CF]

That was a great film

[@kuribayashi84]

Oh, I only wish he had a bigger role in _Mandalorian._ He stole every scene he was in. _"What exquisite craftsmanship. Its amazing how beautfiful Beskar can be when forged by its ancestral artisans..._ _Can I offer you a libation, to celebrate the closing of our shared narrative?"_

[@carlossaraiva8213]

I agree. But i think he did demanded his role to be very limited.

[@78deathface]

I could listen to Herzog talk all day

[@kingfish2703]

I'm not a huge fan of his movies, but his documentaries are always unique and beautiful in a way

[@manuelacosta9463]

Herzog had to be a bit out of it himself for working with and being 'friends' with walking hurricane of madness, Klaus Kinski.

[@WheezyLobo]

Good stuff thanks for the vid. Subscribed!

[@kingjoe3rd]

I first really became aware of him when he was in a mockumentary about himself, and it showed him and his wife in their LA home having friends over and stuff like that. I actually thought he was a comedic actor at first because he was so good in the role. I have no idea what this film is called or even if it was made by him. Now that I think about it, it may not have been a comedy. Was I high?

[@FilmStack]

Ha! Now I want to know what this documentary was, I'd love to check it out. If you find out, or if anyone knows, let us know!

[@2adamast]

Incident at Loch Ness ?

[@PerEdlund]

Your videos are really well put together, I hope you continue to grow!

[@ThalliumInfinitum]

I don't know much about Werner Herzog other than he despises chickens, but this video reminded me of something. As a kid, I saw the dinosaur documentary Dinotasia. The thing about Dinotasia is that it's comprised of recycled footage of another Dino Doc, dinosaur revolution. The only major difference between them is that Dinotasia got Herzog to narrate. He didn't even give scientific facts about the dinosaurs either. He just would say something nihilistic about death and creation's meaning. So you'd have footage of a Shunosaurus getting high off mushrooms while Herzog says shit like, "The beauty of life is only eclipsed by its totality. Yet there is no one to experience it. No poets, no artists, just the all encompassing, Final Death..." Herzog wasn't even involved with the production of either shows! They just randomly hired him for Dinotasia to speak like a Philosophy professor over an Allosaursus getting a smackdown from a Sauropod. Also, great vid!

[@WormEars]

So funny ive been binging werner content this morning and this just popped up!

[@FilmStack]

Haha awesome! What kind of stuff have you been watching?

[@Nexowl]

I mean, he was able to work with Klaus Kinski, so he has to be crazy.

[@arjanpetersen]

the Kinski collab is insane. Those dudes would murder each other

[@FirstMetalHamster]

He is one of germany's few national treasures.

[@TwistedTransistor88]

You don't know anything about Germany then

[@FirstMetalHamster]

@@TwistedTransistor88 or it might be a fucking joke.

[@stadbab]

just so you know, it’s pronounced ‘verner’ - the w sound doesn’t exist in german. amazing video!

[@CatFish107]

Ok, I just about missed it, but a worker intentionally amputating their own limb has to be one of the wildest dang on set incidents ever.

[@kaljic1]

Back in the day, there was a movie event in Berkeley where Werner Herzog and Les Blank appeared. Herzog vowed to eat his shoe. And yes, in this event, he cooked it and ATE IT!!!!

[@SamP-by7iv]

Now I know why there was that shot of a chicken crate falling down the mountain at the beginning of Aguirre.

[@user-jo8nj]

very nice overview, thanks!

[@stevetrent4638]

I’m 33 years old and I’ve never had a hero in my life but I think Herzog might be the first lol

[@TheHomelessDreamer]

Hiring Klaus Kinski once is understandable. Hiring him a second time is absurd. Hiring him 5 times is insanity defined. All this video needed to say was: "He hired Kinski FIVE TIMES!" and then be uploaded. Watch the Kinski vid on this channel, trust me.

[@IloveOtherPplsMsry]

Herzog may be the most based living director

[@marcus6918]

truly the most alpha sigma dude out there

[@jbird976]

I always wondered how he could be friends with somebody as crazy as Klaus was, but now thanks for your video I get it

[@thefilmseeker]

God, I love this madman! Wonderful video!

[@FilmStack]

Thank you! ☺️

[@necronomitom]

What's with all the sloppy audio editing

[@mitlaufer4798]

Gasherbrum - Der Leuchtende Berg is my favorite documentary of his

[@agedstring]

What’s up with the weird line cut offs?

[@BubblyToast]

I really like ‘Wings of Hope’. Juliane Koepcke story is so fascinating. Her post crash story is also amazing. Check it out!

[@optionfalse-gb6hq]

He is the man who disappears across the street when a bus passes by in front of you

[@matthendricks9666]

The amazonian natives were scared as hell of Herzog. Because he stayed so calm with Klaus Kinski. They offered him to kill Kinski. He obviously denied.

[@michelleaguirre6412]

Thanks great content ❤

[@kaatskillserenade]

The story about Herzog stealing the camera is a lot like Bob Dylan stealing a pile of rare records when he was a college student. He later said he felt a right to take them, that he was an “expiditionary”.

[@annalisavajda252]

I don't think I have seen any of his films other than his Bad Lieutenant with Nic Cage and Val Kilmer but sure a man of his age from Europe may have a different artistic attitude than most Western directors Bela Tarr does too. David Lynch has said art houses are dead now anyway cinema has changed especially for surrealists. He went into some jungle to film one picture that's a difficult location just ask Copella or Stone about filming Apocalypse Now and Platoon in Vietnam too.

[@wolfgangKlinghluber]

love it!!!!! great job!!

[@rollinronin8125]

It would be intetesting to see Werner pen and direct a movie with Daniel Day Lewis.

[@RatWorldMedia]

I dont think he necessarily has anything against chickens. I genuinely believe he loves them and takes great joy in their "stupidity" just like his quote about the amazon being a chaotic and godless place. He doesnt hate the amazon or nature, he was just stating the factual nature of the suffering within it and went on to say he "loved it". ❤

[@jiga6832]

10:31 why do I have a feeling that this is the least questionable thing he has done 😂😂😂

[@evanmcdonald9134]

“The same actor who got run over caught on fire” Holy shit imagine being that guy

[@AnimalMother98]

Amazing video, should cover Tarkovsky

[@filmnobelpreis]

Herzog didn't steal a camera to make "Aguirre", he got one from Alex Kluge.

[@bandersnatchbigfootexplore549]

No it’s definitely the director of the movie roar he makes herzog seem like the least craziest guy on the planet.

[@mori1bund]

Oh yeah! The story of ROAR is really unbelievably crazy!!!

[@tavish4699]

I think Herzogs father didn’t quite abondone him early in his life From what I recall he was a German soldier and came home years after the war I image his mother just wasn’t compatible anymore with this man who must have seen so much misery and death This happened quite a lot here in Germany

[@PedroYippeekayaye]

Cobra Verde is also a very insightful film.

[@tomace194]

The chicken thing is awesome.

[@connycontainer9459]

If I remember correctly he also did a pretty good sci-fi series during the 70's. Don't ask me about the plot though.

[@lukesams3349]

What a fascinating man

[@rollinronin8125]

It would have been interesting to see how he would have played Christoph Waltz character in Inglorious Bastards. Christoph was completely brilliant. I think it would have been the only second choice.

[@al8188]

1:45 is this not just a rewording of the opening section of his Wikipedia page. In the most literal sense, just rearranging the words.

[@zacharykaddouri-champagne2034]

Wha- that man was wild

[@ytubeanon]

I'm looking forward to Herzog's new Batman trilogy

[@BrandonToy]

He is also an actor

[@anthonyt1t5]

If you guys like a low key comedy film, watch incident at loch ness. Its a mockumentary. Werner was great in it. You could tell he enjoyed himself in it along with the director

[@sarou3457]

13:45 best parts here xD

[@FilmStack]

One of the most wild movie productions!

[@liltick102]

You said 20 films, but he claims over 70. Most sources are at variance and inconsistent about that - but he’s steadily talked about the number he was at, over the years, unto the present 60-70 odd. 20 seems definitely incorrect (albeit the sources I’m talking about / even if they’re him - might be including what you disclude as a feature film)

[@FilmStack]

Yeah when we said 20, we mean not including his documentaries and short films. His documentaries make up most of his filmography.

[@maxiql9565]

He got shot? Lmaooo Hes alive? What a legend

[@AFryingPan]

I love Fitzcaraldo and Aguirre

[@samvandam1766]

I have seen some of his Documentaries.. great stuff. But this stuff is Crazy😅

[@RobertMunro-wb6jb]

Apparently stroszek was the film Ian Curtis watched on the night of his suicide!!! No bs ! Have a look online I’m sure there will be info on it ! I read it in a book about Ian Curtis written by his wife !!!

[@blankpool]

I can only imagine him describing the flavor of the shoe. "The taste is like that of all the atrocities that were in harmony to create this utilitarian object that was never meant to be consumed by anything other than the earth when we are no more."

[@kidkangaroo5213]

You're way too good at that

[@TheGahta]

i want disney to give him just a cheque, two big planes full of crew and have him see what can be done 🤣

[@shortclips4023]

He played a bad guy in Jack Reacher even as an actor he has a screen presence

[@GamesWithBrainz]

3:18 sounds like a f×cking snuff film lmao

[@Skaatje]

*"A person of short statue"* How can we take anyone serious if they're already scared of using normal words?

[@MONAGHANSEANDAVID]

My man!!!

[@theholymackerel072]

Herzog has always been trolling us, always one step ahead like Kauffman was.

Ok, I need to point this out because now I've heard you say it wrong in two full videos and it's getting on my nervs. AGUIRRE is a spanish name, and as such, when two Rs are together they sound like a hard R. Put the tongue on the front of the palate and let it reverb a little bit.

[@FilmStack]

Sorry! We try our best to pronounce names correctly, but don't always get it right. I appreciate the tip! Thank you

[@p_ttown1979]

if chaotic neutral was a director

[@js_galeria]

animal cruelty an obligatory quality of "genius" filmmakers. and i love how this video mentions it as if it was nothing well, klaus kinkski abused his daughter and everyone considers him a legend values, who needs them, right?

[@zadehgenerous9331]

No shout out to Julien Donkey Boy?

[@colbyshea5915]

Wow, I thought the way he talked about the chickens was bad…. Poor rats

[@uzetaab]

I don't think I have ever watched anything by this guy. Too gritty for me. Great video though, was still very interesting.

[@carlossaraiva8213]

You could start with Nosferatu or Bad Lieutrnant:Port Of Call New Orlleans as those are among his most accessible movies. The later in particular is practically a comedy.

[@ghostrights9314]

Theodore Roosevelt would have liked this guy a lot.

[@samuellee481]

his one word of advice for being a good filmmaker is always and forever will be: read

[@LaurieValdez-zk3dy]

WOW who knew.

[@billy6044]

10:24 That’s Hamilton Morris’s dad Like The drug guy

[@Gileraec1devil]

Hes from Switzerland 😊 not Germany thats two different things....100 percent your from Usa right?😊

[@haiio1348]

the coolest :D

[@chump3947]

I have seen a few of his documentaries and they're very interesting. I won't watch any in the future, as I think his past actions have bordered on Sociopathic.

[@yp3424]

I think, Herzog (81 years old), would have made a big success of making a film about crappy contemporary Greece, a country on the brink of collapse. With the vast majority of the cretinous population being illiterate, schizophrenic or drug addicted, a real chaotic situation, which is Herzog's (and previously, F. Fellini's) very element, literally, a great attraction & fun for the audiences, worldwide.

[@ggggg77273]

15:08 Yeah, that checks out.

[@sebastianalegria3401]

Herzog, apart from being a crazy director, is also known by hiring constantly Klaus Kinski in his movies whose relationship was based on love & hate.

[@Gileraec1devil]

Hes not German hes a swissmen😊

[@phantomfire8228]

14:53

[@perrodetokio]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@secundusytp4517]

what a chad

[@alwinbenjamin]

🙈🤣👑