Werner Herzog on Henry Rollins' Show. Videos

somnolent49 Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - It was not a significant bullet.

tegoblue Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - Thanks for the post. I am interested in anything Werner Herzog says.

IIIsamhainIII Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - i don't know shit about herzog, only heard him mentioned before. but after watching this i'm intrigued, i'll have to do some research and watch his documentaries. i love his take on the shooting incident: he didn't want authorities to overact, that says a lot about his character.

micromantis Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - i highly recommend all of what Herzog has made in his life.he is an extrordinary man, colored i believe by the post-war years in Germany and people's ever amazing ability to live, survive and drink a cup of tea even but even more so for Herzhog is how they do this.his relationship with Klaus Kinski is fascinating.for those of you who haven't seen "Nostferatu" (Herzogs remake/remodelling) get it out NOW... it's truly brilliant.All of his work is!!

swil279 Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - Thanks for posting this. "It was not a significant bullet", gets me everytime! Herzog are his films are amazing. <3

digitalshark Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - One of the greatest living film directors on the planet. If this clip makes you want to see one of his films, start with "Aguirre." You'll want to see more. What's really cool here is that Herzog has much respect for Orson Welles, and Welles was on to a new sort of documentary, what he called the personal essay, as shown in his "F is for Fake." I think both of these forms are potentially fascinating, and have barely been explored to their potential.

Anarquistador Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - Perhaps by "substance" he meant creative potential? After all, LA has the cultural and social resources to be much more complex and profound than it actually is...

nonplace Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - Surfing???

snibster Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - Henry Rollins looks like his brain is over stimulated and about to explode. He's fun to watch. He's like an excited child.

TheFibroTwins Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - Humans in general have the cultural and social resources to be much more profound than they actually are.

milesgordon8 Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - Herzog is a Jedi

BrimmyTime Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - ah yes, but hollywood, the supply of the majority of our culture, should expand. perhaps hollywoods limitness in their thinking is the reason why are not living up to their profound potential as you say.

icantfindanamethis Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - fucking geniuswe need more madmen like him

SinisterFelix Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - "The Police would have over-reacted."God.

squinkque Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - I really wish ole Henry's mind was open enough to have Werner further expand on his comment that "L.A. is the American city with the most substance," instead of just downplaying that idea so offhandedly.

binnenreim Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - lol der alte hat sie nicht mehr alle

sgbassman7546 Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - On the edge of his seat for the entire interview.

cinderskenney Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - haha "it doesn't give me sleepless nights"..."what could I ask more than have lots of enthusiastic audiences" ....F hollywood! :)I <3 Herzog!

eastwood1 Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - When i hear Werner talk, i can't help but think;This guy sounds like a computer....

mistarcraw Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - he added a degree of finality to it, i probably wouldn't have asked a followup to that, either. maybe thats just called being intimidated?

squinkque Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - Perhaps, too bad, because I would have liked to hear a discussion on the relative merits of L.A.'s hyper-commercialized culture and landscape which of course is America's culture and landscape too. It sounded like Herzog as a German might have had a valid outsider's opinion on something that Americans are either for or against. I'm ambivalent myself.

melenmelenmelen Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - Like the computer in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, you mean!

melenmelenmelen Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - I agree -- Rollins should have let Herzog talk more about LA being a city of substance. Because, living in downtown Hollywood, I'm trying very hard to wrap my feeble mind around this one. (Mayve that's why Herzog's Herzog and I'm just a no-name wannabe!)

yuothineyesasian Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - I think he didn't because that would have been a long answer. But Henry was interested in that comment.

wilmakramer Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - Having watched the interview twice (actually after reading some of the latest comments), I found that the expansion on the substance comment comes before the actual comment. 4'14: Rollins asks Herzog's view on 'the state of Hollywood now'. Herzog's answer leads up to the substance line (5'40), the final statement of his answer. It's the 'rituals, rules, technicalities' and so on that fascinate him and how Hollywood is able to organise and manufacture 'the [collective] dreams of the world'.