Werner Herzog

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2011

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Werner Herzog is an acclaimed (and prolific) film writer and director, known for narrative films like Aguirre, the Wrath of God as well as documentaries like Grizzly Man. His newest release is a 3D film about the oldest known cave paintings, called The Cave of Forgotten Dreams.

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Robert from Washington, DC.
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0:23.4	and PRI, public radio, international.
0:30.2	It's the Sound of Young America.
0:33.5	I'm Jesse Thorne.
0:34.7	Werner Herzog has always been known
0:36.7	for pushing filmmaking to its limits.
0:39.4	His 60 feature films in 40 years have reveled
0:43.7	in humanity at its extremes.
0:46.4	From self-taught naturalist Timothy Treadwell
0:49.0	and the documentary Grizzly Man
0:50.7	to crack-crazed madman Nicholas Cage
0:53.6	in the crazy and fictional Bad Lieutenant
0:57.2	Port of Colony, Orleans.
0:59.0	In his latest film, he's found a new human boundary
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