Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog Stipetić, known as Werner Herzog, is a German screenwriter, film director, author, actor and opera director...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth5 September 1942
CityMunich, Germany
CountryGermany
fit hope small travel
I just hope it's a small one. I only travel light. It's got to fit in my hand-held luggage.
defending disturbing element harmony human jewel meaning universe
We had some ranting about the meaning of nature, ... And Jewel is more defending Treadwell's position, that there is harmony in the universe and the only disturbing element is human beings. I don't see it that way.
joy sheer
Why go to Antarctica, why do a film like 'Grizzly Man'? It's the sheer joy of storytelling - it's the urge.
constant extinction life planet series
Life on our planet has been a constant series of cataclysmic events, and we are more suitable for extinction than a trilobite or a reptile. So we will vanish. There's no doubt in my heart.
collapse fertile hits natural noir specific systems
I think there are specific times where film noir is a natural concomitant of the mood. When there's insecurity, collapse of financial systems - that's where film noir always hits fertile ground.
The universe is monstrously indifferent to the presence of man.
dictionary
I'm simply not afraid. It's not in my dictionary of behaviour.
I'm the last one who would do self-analysis.
films time
I'm not very eager to sit and look at my films all the time.
almost art audiences aware german-director means shift theaters
Let's put it this way: art house theaters are vanishing. They have almost disappeared completely, and that means there's a shift in what audiences want to see. And they have to be aware of that and be realistic. It's as simple as that.
rid
I never have searched for a subject. They always just come along. They never come by way of decision-making. They just haunt me. I can't get rid of them. I did not invite them.
particular running stepping
I'm politically interested, but I have no particular talent as a political beast, stepping out and running for office.
certain dreamed exist honour human landscapes perhaps planets respect seek utopian
Perhaps I seek certain utopian things, space for human honour and respect, landscapes not yet offended, planets that do not exist yet, dreamed landscapes.
art looked scholars straight
Film should be looked at straight on; it is not the art of scholars but of illiterates.