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Tag Archives: Werner Herzog
QuickPix (16): “Great DOCUMENTARIES For You to Savor, Vol. 4”
> Welcome to KPK’s “QuickPix”, brief capsule reviews of very worthy films- not a stinker in the lot. Culled from my monthly compendiums, every title here is a 4 to 5 star movie. It don’t get any better than this. … Continue reading
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FLIX PIX (986): “Werner Herzog’s Mysterious Mirage FATA MORGANA”
FATA MORGANA (directed by Werner Herzog, 1971) **** (out of 5) . > I really wasn’t sure I’d actually seen this early Herzog curiosity, even though the title was included in my database. . The thing is: I had no distinct … Continue reading
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Tagged art, cinema, criticism, documentaries, experimental film, Fata Morgana, films, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, mirages, movies, opinion, reviews, Werner Herzog
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FLIX PIX (835): “Pass the Hot Sauce: WERNER HERZOG EATS HIS SHOE!”
WERNER HERZOG EATS HIS SHOE (directed by Les Blank, 1980) *** (out of 5) . > Ah! What a joy! . I’ve been looking for this short documentary for decades now! Signed up for the streaming Criterion Channel (The best thing … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, cinema, criticism, documentaries, Errol Morris, filmmakers, filmmaking, films, humor, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Les Blank, movies, opinion, poverty, publicity, reviews, short films, the Criterion Channel, Werner Herzog, Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
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FLIX PIX (701): “Herzog Presents LO & BEHOLD: Reveries of the Connected World”
LO & BEHOLD: Reveries of the Connected World (directed by Werner Herzog, 2016) ****+ (out of 5) . > Was Warner Herzog the right man to make a documentary about the huge, complicated subject of the Internet and the way the … Continue reading
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Tagged art, cinema, computers, criticism, documentaries, films, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lo and Behold, movies, opinion, reviews, science, technology, the Internet, the worldwide web, Werner Herzog
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FLIX PIX (659): “Werner Herzog Pulls Us INTO THE INFERNO”
INTO THE INFERNO (directed by Warner Herzog, 2016) **** (out of 5) . > Brilliant and prolific documentarian Werner Herzog continues his streak of riveting films exploring the wonders of our world. . His target here: volcanoes and the way they … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, cinema, criticism, documentaries, films, ideas, Into the Inferno, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, nature, opinion, reviews, volcanoes, Werner Herzog
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FLIX PIX (627): “Werner Herzog Asks: MY SON, MY SON, WHAT HAVE YE DONE?”
MY SON, MY SON, WHAT HAVE YE DONE? (directed by Warner Herzog, 2009) ** (out of 5) . > All the ingredients are here but the soufflé never rises in this, the only outright bad film I’ve ever seen from … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Chloë Sevigny, cinema, crime, criticism, David Lynch, drama, films, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Michael Shannon, movies, My Son My Son What Have Ye Done, opinion, reviews, Udo Kier, Werner Herzog
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FLIX PIX (612): “Werner Herzog Meets the Dalai Lama in: WHEEL OF TIME”
WHEEL OF TIME (directed by Warner Herzog, 2003) **** (out of 5) . > Continuing my quest to see all his movies, I found this Herzog film about the pilgrimage of the Buddhist faithful to the small Indian village of … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Bodhgaya, Bodhi tree, Buddha, Buddhism, cinema, criticism, Dalai Lama, documentaries, films, ideas, Kalachakra mandala, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, reviews, spirituality, Tibet, Werner Herzog, Wheel of Time
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FLIX PIX (435): “Bruno S. is STROSZEK in Herzog’s Plaintive Drama”
STROSZEK (directed by Werner Herzog, 1977) **** (out of 5) . > This stark Werner Herzog drama was written for the wonderful amateur actor Bruno Schleinstein, who passed away in 2010- credited here and in THE ENIGMA OF KASPAR HAUSER as simply … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Bruno S., Bruno Schleinstein, cinema, criticism, films, German cinema, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, reviews, Stroszek, Werner Herzog
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FLIX PIX (346): “Even Herzog Started Badly With EVEN DWARFS STARTED SMALL”
EVEN DWARFS STARTED SMALL (directed by Werner Herzog, 1971) ** (out of 5) . > I have been curious about this film for decades- ever since the days I haunted the arthouse cinemas in my heady youth, devouring international cinema that … Continue reading
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Tagged art, cinema, Even Dwarfs Started Small, film criticism, films, German cinema, humor, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, reviews, surrealism, Werner Herzog
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FLIX PIX (297): “Klaus Kinski in Werner Herzog’s COBRA VERDE”
COBRA VERDE (directed by Warner Herzog, 1987) **** (out of 5) . > Werner Herzog’s final film with the monumental but enigmatic Klaus Kinski was no FITZCARRALDO or AGUIRRE: THE WRATH OF GOD, but thankfully it was also no WOYCZEK … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Cobra Verde, criticism, films, German cinema, Kevin Keelan, Klaus Kinski, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, reviews, Viktor Růžička, Werner Herzog
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