Tag: the Wrath of God
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This Werner Herzog Movie Launched a Terrifying Actor-Director Dynamic
Largely considered Werner Herzog’s breakout film, Aguirre, the Wrath of God would garner the cinematic icon much acclaim, the likes of which he would pay back tenfold through his relationship with the film’s star, Klaus Kinski, marking the start of one of the most dangerously violent actor-director relationships in cinema history. Though their first collaboration…
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‘Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds’ Review: Werner Herzog’s Meteor Mystery Tour
Werner Herzog has always thirsted for the uncanny. It’s there in the primal awe he imparted to a grizzly bear in “Grizzly Man,” the cracked rapture of Klaus Kinski’s glowering megalomaniacal conquistador in “Aguirre, the Wrath of God,” and the mysteriously intoxicating natural ice-sculpture formations of “Encounters at the End of the World.”In his new…
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‘Monos’ Review: Thrilling Saga is ‘Lord of the Flies’ With Guerrilla Warfare — Sundance
“Monos” takes place in the dense jungles and foggy mountaintops of northern Colombia, but it may as well be another planet. Director Alejandro Landes’ thrilling survivalist saga tracks a dysfunctional group of young militants as they traipse through perilous terrain, engaging in savage behavior while toying with their mortified American hostage (Julianne Nicholson), but they…