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
reality way facts
I have always postulated that we have to find a new way to deal with reality. It's not so much facts that interest me, but a deeper truth in them - an ecstasy of truth, an ecstatic truth that illuminates us. That's what I've been after.
truth illumination facts
Fact creates norms, and truth illumination.
facts strange sometimes
Facts sometimes have a strange and bizarre power that makes their inherent truth seem unbelievable.
facts
Facts do not constitute truth,
mistake illumination facts
Facts do not convey truth. That's a mistake. Facts create norms, but truth creates illumination.
fills joy
It fills me with joy to see Dieter (Dengler) again.
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.
dictionary
I'm simply not afraid. It's not in my dictionary of behaviour.
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.