In 1980, Munich-born filmmaker Werner Herzog ate parts of his own shoe. Why then, you may ask, may one proclaim this man as a visionary genius? Surely he is crazy in the coconut!! Well, see the shoe thing was actually part of a promise he made to the documentarian Errol Morris a few years earlier … Continue reading Werner Herzog: The Mind of a Visionary Genius
It was in the wee hours of St Stephen’s Day (the day after Christmas) about 12 years ago that I first watched Claude Berri’s 1986 film Jean de Florette. I remember it was really flipping cold outside and some snow, I think, may have fallen that day. So suffice to say that watching a sun-drenched … Continue reading The European Masterpieces Part 1: Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources
Momentary Cinema 