What a beautiful film this is.
I saw it many years ago and it holds up on a re-watch. What makes this different from other documentarians making a film on this subject is that Werner does not pity and patronize these people. Instead he is fascinated by them, he reveres and admires them and the unique perspective they have on life.
Their experience of consciousness itself is completely different from ours and in this wonderful humane film the great man shows the utmost respect for his subjects.
My only complaint is that Herzog doesn't narrate the film himself.
Only the great Werner Herzog could've made this film.
I saw it many years ago and it holds up on a re-watch. What makes this different from other documentarians making a film on this subject is that Werner does not pity and patronize these people. Instead he is fascinated by them, he reveres and admires them and the unique perspective they have on life.
Their experience of consciousness itself is completely different from ours and in this wonderful humane film the great man shows the utmost respect for his subjects.
My only complaint is that Herzog doesn't narrate the film himself.
Only the great Werner Herzog could've made this film.