And I have a very wonderful quote from the French writer André Gide.

He said, I modify facts to such a degree that they resemble truth more than reality.

And that's what I'm doing. Hello, and welcome back to the Director's Cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.

In this episode, raw footage of a volcanic eruption becomes a memorial to two filmmakers

in director Werner Herzog's documentary, The Fire Within, a requiem for Katya and Maurice Craft.

Screened as part of the DGA's documentary series,

the film crafts a fitting memorial

to volcanologists and filmmakers Maurice and Katya Kraft,

who were killed while filming the eruption of Japan's Mount Unzen

on June 3, 1991.

In addition to the Fire Within,

Herzog's directorial filmography includes the feature films Aguirre,

The Rath of God,

Nosferatu the Vampire,

Fitzcaraldo, and Rescue Dawn,

the documentaries, Fireball, visitors from Darker Worlds, Meet in Gorbachev, and Into the

Abyss, and episodes of the television documentary series On Death Row. He won the DGA Award for

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for his 2005 feature, RISly Man.

Following the documentary series screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles,

Herzog spoke with director Jeremy Kagan about filming The Fire Within, a requiem for Katia and Maurice Kraft.

Listen on for their conversation.

Um, Maurice Kraft. Listen on for their conversation. Before we explore your filmmaking process, I have a larger question to ask.

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