Movies Like Portrait: Werner Herzog
An autobiographical short film by Werner Herzog made in 1986. Herzog tells stories about his life and career. The film contains excerpts and commentary on several Herzog films, including Signs of Life, Heart of Glass, Fata Morgana, Aguirre, the Wrath of God, The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner, Fitzcarraldo, and the Les Blank documentary Burden of Dreams. Notable is footage of a conversation between Herzog and his mentor Lotte Eisner, a photographer. In another section, he talks with mountaineer Reinhold Messner, in which they discuss a potential film project in the Himalayas to star Klaus Kinski.
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The Dark Glow of the Mountain
The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
Burden of Dreams
His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th
Gary Gulman: The Great Depresh
Sexo en el plató
It Came from Hollywood
Ghost Elephants
The Wrath of God
Encounters at the End of the World
La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
Wings of Hope
Meeting Gorbachev
Ballad of the Little Soldier
Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
Wheel of Time
God's Angry Man
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