Portrait Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog: Filmemacher
Director: Werner Herzog
Country: West Germany
Year: 1986
Length: 29'
Genre: documentary
Screenplay: Werner Herzog
Editing: Maximiliane Mainka
Music: Popol Vuh
Sound design: Christine Ebenberger
Producer: Werner Herzog
Production company: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
Appearing: Werner Herzog, Reinhold Messner, Lotte Eidner
A self-portrait about Herzog’s artistic development and approaches to filmmaking, craftsmanship, landscapes, locations, language, innocence, improvisation, poetic expression, risk-taking, dealing with disasters, determination, obsessions, views on different types of films and his concern with aesthetics.