Werner Herzog on Mike Tyson

This is a segment from a January 2015 Conversation.
Werner Herzog was joined by the acclaimed interviewer Paul Holdengräber to offer his ‘Guidance for the Perplexed’ to the how to: Academy’s London audience. This film presents the event in its entirety.

[@HowToAcademyMindset]

See the full conversation here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpS1YY2uq7qlbNE

[@DonePlaying]

Mike Tyson used steroids and is a rapist.

[@YamatoTre]

Imagine a Tyson biography directed and narrated by Werner Herzog. Would put every other examination of Tyson's life to shame

[@eugeneking3288]

I thought the exact same thing! Herzog could create a movie about anything and anyone. I LOVE the man. He among other filmakers inspired me in my teens to become a filmmaker. Just turned 60, and became homeless, living out of my car. Likely I'll never achieve my dream, but dammit it is still within me as a dream. And to me, Werner's films have often been filmed dream states. So, guess I HAVE in a way been a filmmaker...!

[@YamatoTre]

@@eugeneking3288 It sounds like you’ve led a life worthy of a movie in itself. Never stop and never lose that fire in you, because that is the very thing that makes us human

[@islamicschoolofmemestudies]

If he made a movie on Tyson...Imagine the utter absolute madness produced.

[@eugeneking3288]

@@YamatoTre appreciate your comment, man...

[@hanis396]

@@eugeneking3288 Late comment, but your state matters only to those who know not the trials of one who dared to dream, the one who lived a life dared greatly. "That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse..."

[@infinitejest441]

“The past is just us in funny clothes”. Mike Tyson is a legend

[@DonTheMoron716]

Great quote.

[@CaptainKaramelo]

Well, that certainly rings (wink wink) true for him. Boxing shorts are kind of funny.

[@DemonetisedZone]

Philip Larkin has similar phrase in a poem

[@toi_techno]

Mike Tyson is a rapist

[@bryna7]

A legendary wife abuser and rapist.

[@binkymagnus]

Tyson is the perfect subject for a Herzog movie. Herzog loves the outsiders and the misunderstood. He treats them with such great respect and love.

[@SuperRobertoClemente]

I admire how much Tyson has changed, but I'm very cautious about romanticizing him. He did some horrible shit when he was younger and it shouldn't be whitewashed.

[@dnyddls]

@@SuperRobertoClemente ya, no woman has lied about rape before... also tyson served his time.

[@SuperRobertoClemente]

@@dnyddls So bc you admire the guy, he can do no wrong? Come on, bro, he wasn't always such a good person. There were plenty of reasons for it and he was basically a traumatized kid who got handed millions, but even Tyson has admitted that he treated others badly. He's all the more impressive for having gotten past that.

[@johan8969]

@@SuperRobertoClemente saying the story of Tyson is "whitewashed" is pretty funny.

[@lifealchemy1218]

Do you really think herzog would gloss over how despicable of a person he once was? Emphasising that is precisely what makes the “redemption arc” of his self awareness so profound. It certainly isn’t a tale of ‘look how flawless this man is’, but of how flawed-yet look how he adapted, astonishing

[@n0denz]

Now I wish to hear Herzog have a conversation with Tyson.

[@DRS659]

buddy commedy

[@Vingul]

@Devot Nass seek help.

[@jaidaniels905]

I'd love herzog to do a documentary on tyson.

[@vollsticks]

Drinky Crow!!!

[@khamzatchimaev1009]

It will be awesome

[@thesprawl2361]

I am completely and utterly obsessed by Herzog's accent. It is endlessly moreish.

[@thesprawl2361]

@Ad Max More so.

[@blazeytown4444]

You're far from alone

[@digzrow8745]

I love his voice

[@jordanlewis4983]

He should narrate every book ever frankly

[@MrMaximeloni]

I think he just doesn't bother to change his German pronunciation at all.

[@CommanderAlpharocks]

Boxing is a complicated profession

[@pimpdoggo4776]

"Dont you ahghree?"

[@Stephen-so9oi]

Kek

[@Davesky19]

Biggest laugh I’ve had in a while. 👍🏻

[@CommanderAlpharocks]

@@Davesky19 yeah am not boasting but the comment worked out pretty well!

[@AidanOtfMcClean]

😂😂😂

[@hebrewsky]

Imagine trying to discredit Mike Tyson because he quoted Cicero. Lol

[@chriscullinane7179]

we are all that journalist... i pray we find the humility to open our eyes.

[@seafood_cherry]

wouldn't do that in person

[@Zennofobic]

Mike Tyson? Student of history? Enamored of Frankish Kings? What is this rabbit hole I just fell down....

[@crashusmaximus]

He also has a team that travels around and solves mysteries.

[@janesmith1840]

@@crashusmaximus Starring Norm McDonald as an actual pigeon, named Pigeon

[@Vingul]

@Hurricane Polk were you there? Ya shameless voyeur you.

[@mokingala1603]

@Hurricane Polk Yh teach u how it feels to be falsely accused of rape

[@marcosveron5881]

@@crashusmaximus and has an asian daughter

[@MAAF808]

"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth" - Cicero.

[@luciferdzhugashvili]

*Nose

[@djaceofpentacles]

"Everybody has a big mouth until their hands and tongue are nailed to the Senate doors" - Marc Antony

[@dannyarcher6370]

🤣

[@andrejohnson6731]

Many people don’t take Mike seriously (obviously behind his back). He is the embodyment of the American Dream. This ex-street kid who became a multimilionnaire, lost it all, and came back on top, has known pain at an unimaginable level. When I listen to him speak I hear someone who has grown tremendously.

[@ericsbraun]

Yeah, he brings a tear to my eye, as that is so deep, to see the real results of self-improvement.

[@kumarg3598]

Honestly, mike has grown so much, i dont think he really cares what anyone says to his face.

[@flagal519]

Tyson is a genius, a man of great suffering and depth....he emerged out of such pain and loss and was re-parented by Gus D. ....Over his decades, Mike Tyson has shared with us, his kindness, brilliance and soulful growth, that stems from tragedy. At more than one point in his life, he stood at a crossroads and the angels pointed him in the right direction. We can learn much from his life and his relentless spirit.

[@OneFurlongTooLong]

I didn’t think there’d be someone who sounds more like Herzog than Herzog himself. The interviewer is great. Now I’m going to immerse myself in his works.

[@SirGregg]

Mike is a lesson in self examination. God would be proud of how Mike has learned and grown from the tests thrown at him. What a journey.

[@Area_Man]

Let's leave imaginary despots out of it. I'm sure he is rightfully proud of how he has grown. He sets an admirable example for the rest of us.

[@don7680]

Well said.

[@SingularityMedia]

I agree, Odin would be impressed, Tyson will pass to the great hall of Valhalla and drink with greats.

[@COO415]

Indeed, indeed.

[@MarcusRonaldi]

"But its Mike Tyson quoting Cicero"

[@ultimoguerreiro82]

Tyson is a warrior, a Gladiator. The man knows pain and darkness. He deserves all the respect if not admiration.

[@DenOndeMister]

This is the kind of stuff that should be on TV.

[@DelightLovesMovies]

Werner Herzog is such an interesting and brilliant man, I love him and his films.

[@roarprawn]

I'm impressed by Mike Tyson reformation in the past years. To go so low, and then to aspire so high.

[@chrissibersky4617]

Well to start so low and still reach adulthood... He's a fighter in every aspect.

[@hogey74]

Started low, seems like he's been rising ever since. I had him all wrong it seems.

[@zettelkastendev3760]

this is the most hilarious heartwarming thing I‘ve seen all year

[@KootFloris]

well said.

[@DecMc]

As a kid In the UK, Friday night was Boxing night on TV. I watched most of Tyson's fights. Always after the event, when we knew the outcome. It was almost inevitable he would win. Now I see videos of him with Grahame Hancock, smoking his home grown weed and eating magic mushrooms chocolate. And I think, Tyson is an elder statesman. No 'charlie' anymore. No street fights anymore. Just grace. And humility.

[@Basslessonsuk]

Imbibing weed and mushrooms is the only way to approach Graham Hancocks' pseudoscientific nonsense.

[@MarcusRonaldi]

"I think there is an earlier edition" Mike Tyson

[@johnk5398]

urlier edithon

[@modelcitizen72]

And he was right 🥰

[@christianpervert525]

"Yeah but it's Mike Tyson quoting Cicero!"

[@xxxMRJONEZxxx]

"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth" - Mike Tyson.

[@TypeSly]

This is his original quote, and it shall live on forever.

[@atlason86]

I have a feeling 2000 years from now people will still quote Tyson.

[@themadplotter]

There's a Die antwoord song by dj hitek almost completely made of Tyson trash talking called "FOK U IN THE ASS". It's a beautiful thing.

[@clubsfinest]

It was punched in the face... not mouth

[@themadplotter]

@@clubsfinest funny nobody can find the actual video or audio of him saying that.

[@jnauttube]

I like that, a lot. "Mike Tyson is a fraud because he's quoting Cicero!" "No, dumbass, Mike Tyson is awesome because he's quoting Cicero!"

[@HowToAcademyMindset]

Such interesting Guys, with the two coolest accents on the planet!!

[@tripp8443]

Mike and Werner are cool.

[@andrewlast1535]

This totally went different then I expected it. I knew he was smart and loved history. He always has been a boxing historian. But the Frankish Kings is an interesting passion. Now I’m gonna have to learn more about those dudes? Lol

[@invino1475]

so much pain and raw feeling and enthusiasm and honesty and healing all in one in every Tyson interview

[@TheActionBastard]

Well... I expected literally none of that. Herzog is hilariously afraid of chickens so I expected him to be fascinating, but Tyson quoting Cicero and knowing so many details of really deep historical subjects? Yeah no I didn't see that one coming.

[@LarryHazard]

I just realized now that Herzog kind of sounds like Mike Tyson with a german accent

[@Heopful]

Lolll

[@modelcitizen72]

This is marvelous.

[@kevinmackey3166]

There are hidden facets and unknown depths to everyone, and it is so important that we don't allow ourselves to forget that.

[@davisworth5114]

Mike Tyson would be perfect doing public service commercials urging young people, and young black kids especially, to read. I like Mike Tyson and admire what he has made of himself.

[@Revelian1982]

I'd love to have been in the library when Mike Tyson asked the librarian for a book on "Thithero". 😂

[@Basslessonsuk]

Or "The Printh".

[@BrucknerMotet]

Or "Sun Thu" on the Art of War

[@elconquistador98]

@@BrucknerMotet No, Thun Thu

[@joshuagayouauthor8401]

lol, you thun of a bitth!

[@Memoiana]

Mike Tyson is an exceptional human being. To go through hell and come out the peaceful philosopher warrior that he is commands the utmost respect. Love you Mike.

[@robertmanfredthurrigl9424]

He certainly went through hell. His childhood was beyond bleak and prospects he had none. Boxing was the only way out and for that Cus has to take the credit and mike too of course who stuck at it.

[@AZDC99]

He did what many of us couldn't do... He stood up to the bullies and he ripped their throat out basically and discovered he was a boxer at the same time

[@brmbkl]

Maybe apocryph, but I heard it was because one of them killed his pigeon.

[@bretbowman2007]

Let me understand: the two arguably BEST boxers in US history (Ali being the other) are both extraordinarily intelligent, sensitive, wise, eloquent, and deeply perceptive of human nature? Maybe we should consider testing ourselves differently to see if we measure up and to what.

[@SpikeKastleman]

More. I want more! Lol. Thanks for sharing this with us.

[@theshoehorns2653]

Tyson is and always has been innately intelligent. Great recall and ability to understand human behavior.

[@ForceMaximus84]

Two names I never thought would be in the same sentence, much less the two actually be in the same room. Amazing.

[@n0denz]

Imagine Mike Tyson fighting the Huns in the Catalunian Fields or at Tours with Charles Martel facing down the Ummayads and two generations later fighting the Saxons.

[@Basslessonsuk]

This documentary needs to get made NOW.

[@Zehahahaa]

Werner Herzog is a Genius

[@mediocreman6323]

Mike Tyson said about boxing, that it is a thinking man's sport. Well, Mike Tyson is a boxer alright…

[@1632games]

This narrator is like the voice twin of herzog

[@virtualmartini]

Interviewer, not narrator.

[@Sr19769p]

Thought it was just me who noticed that

[@MS-in3sl]

really? is he...German, too?

[@Sr19769p]

@@MS-in3sl Haha! Bavarian I think

[@MS-in3sl]

@@Sr19769p There you go! That wasn’t so hard.

[@warrenwintrode3698]

“But it’s Mike Tyson quoting Cicero.” OMG

[@dustinM613]

I WANNA SEE THIS IN 2 DAYS ON TYSON PODCAST.... MAKE IT HAPPEN

[@christopherbrown6049]

Thats a beautiful thing to say about another...beautiful

[@zackwebb8697]

If you learn nothing else from Tyson, know he is a devout reader. Read history and everything else you can get your hands on-- knowledge is power

[@bobdhitman]

This absolutely made my day!!

[@MSilva-ee7nc]

"But it's Mike Tyson quoting Cicero"

[@christopherhelton6999]

Don't judge a book by its cover. I once had a profound discussion about theology and Hans Kung with a guy with a mullet in a laundromat in Daytona Beach, FL.

[@hal900x]

This is not Werner Herzog on Mike Tyson. This is Holdengraber interrupting Werner Herzog on Mike Tyson.

[@josephasghar]

You only had to listen to Iron Mike for one minute to know there was someone far deeper and more complex to uncover.

[@mikecimerian6913]

Mike Tyson is what we may call in French "une fleur de macadam". The flower that grows between cracks in the sidewalk.

[@MegaSteve1957]

I like this actual quote from Iron Mike - " Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face ".

[@Heopful]

"I'm going to fuck him in the ass"

[@SithCelia]

I remember all the bad press Mike Tyson got back in the '80s, from his turbulent relationship with Robin Givens to that ol' ear-biting thing. The face tattoo just made him all the more intimidating. To think of how far he has come, how much he has evolved and what kind of a lovely human being he really is. If there was going to be a documentary on his life that I'd actually watch, not being into boxing myself, it would be something done by Werner Herzog. I think he could bring us the Mike Tyson that we need to see and change a lot of minds in the process.

[@C0MMANDERnCHIEF]

Mike Tyson is a complicated profession

[@raylast3873]

Ok but here’s something about the Frankish Kings that maybe even Herzog and Tyson don‘t realize: they are the ones who turned the Franks from free warriors into literal serfs. When Clovis conquered Gaul, the Franks were fearsome warriors. When Charlemagne passed half of Europe to his three sons, the descendents of those fearsome warriors were leal peasants bound to land and lord. That‘s one achievement the patriotic school system doesn’t tell you about.

[@WillywonkaHC]

Imagine getting to interview Werner Herzog and not letting him speak.

[@whoareyouyouareclearlylost323]

'It's Mike Tyson quoting Cicero!'

[@SR71YF12]

"Acclaimed interviewer" Holdengräber having a monologue about Tyson in front of Werner Herzog, who only at the end manages to interject some of his observations on Tyson.

[@shainmays667]

Mike Tyson’s the man, watching him with his pet pigeons and tigers is so wholesome

[@hastinmy]

Film Production is created in 5 phases: development, pre-production, production, post-production, and distribution. Each phase has a different purpose, with the overarching goal to get to the next one, and ultimately on to distribution. Each stage varies in length, and different roles suit different stages...

[@BruceRodriguez]

And this topic is brought because ..?

[@michaeltellurian825]

This was absolutely brilliant!

[@gavinhicks3474]

Tyson loves great stories

[@kylekillgannon]

The most Germanic interview of äll time.

[@MyDenis0]

he understands the mental aspect of war not just the phisical, He is an og warrior,

[@socksumi]

Mike Tyson would have been great to have on set when Klaus Kinski was throwing one of his tantrums. Tyson might have been one of the few human beings capable of calming him down.

[@devosegal]

This sounds like Werner talking to himself

[@WiseGuy5674]

I would love to ask Mike what he thought of HBO’s “Rome”. If he did, I’m guaranteeing that he is a big fan of Titus Pullo.

[@jussts]

My brain is so broken, I thought the interviewer was doing a spot on Werner Herzog impersonation at the beginning.

[@BigJohn6060]

it moves me very deeply as well

[@murat_yurttas]

Reading gives you Superpowers.

[@LukeO870]

Redemption Is Afforded Us All...Who Can Cast The First Stone...🤔

[@abon1364]

I'm curious to know where/when the reading bug bit Tyson, but it reminds me of something about people who spend lots of time locked up often get literate af. Tyson's dope. The guy on the plane probs had it coming.

[@lunhil12]

Never judge people until you've spent some time conversing with them.

[@andrewmair7371]

Never judge people - 🤔☝️😊

[@glennstewart9907]

Mike Tyson might be the kind of character Anthony Burgess had in mind when he wrote "A Clockwork Orange", I think.

[@oxivixo]

They can probably understand Mike very well because it sounds like they all share the same accent

[@mortenfrosthansen84]

Both calm and turbulent waters can run deep

[@EliasPfaiffer]

Why doesn't anyone notice that Paul just speaks 1 to 1 like Tyson haha 😂

[@jkorowicz]

"It is not titles that honour men but men that honour titles." - that's not me but it is me quoting Machiavelli 💪

[@aboxofphotons]

This was more Paul Holdengräber on Mike Tyson.

[@andrewwashiku]

These two guys both sound like Werner Herzog

[@Hauerization]

This caption is misleading. It should say "Interviewer on Mike Tyson".

[@hemanroczko1799]

Game recognizes game.

[@modelcitizen72]

Underrated comment

[@p123-i9s]

Mike Tyson is an interesting person, especially now.

[@optimize.]

Tyson is a legend

[@dannyarcher6370]

"But it's Mike Tyson quoting Cicero!"

[@GlorifiedTruth]

Say what you will about Werner Herzog, but he recognizes in Tyson a fellow blah blah blah blah... THUMBS UP, PLEASE.

[@olfrud]

the video is 3:48 minutes long...im 2:21 seconds in and haven't heard a single sentence from Herzog yet...just the host talking.

[@SpokoSpoko]

„home without books is like body without soul “ comes from Cicero? Cicero lived at 100 BC. I thought the books didn’t exist at that time. Especially to be in many homes.

[@CyroMM]

I'd always been told that that was a Montaigne quote

[@FirebirdDude]

Astounding.

[@petervlcko4858]

Nothing out of extraordinary whole term school means free time between exercises at gym. During that time in old Greek students and teachers talked about math and first philosophy was born.

[@befer]

i hate this stupid resolution that forces me to watch it in fullscreen to make it look normal

[@coastaf]

But has he been on Mike’s pod yet?

[@Ellifiknow]

I seriously doubt Cicero ever said everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. And even if he did, it's not a great stretch to think somebody else would've said it without ever knowing this philosophy.

[@ImmortalExplorer]

Excellent.

[@JU5TINPDX]

Mike Tyson is easily one of the top 10 most fascinating people alive on this planet.

[@q____o.O_________D]

So how often does Mike Tyson think about the Roman Republic?

[@chuletaization]

'A house without books is like a person without a soul." How about a house with just one book, "The Art of the Deal"?

[@Headhunter_212]

I’m looking forward to the Fitzcarraldo remake starring Iron Mike.

[@Wienerblutable]

I know, but I am from Austria and I went to a private school;)