Werner Herzog Encounters At The End Of The World

Veteran director werner herzog brings an outsider s perspective to the subject examining not only.

Werner herzog encounters at the end of the world. Encounters at the end of the world is a 2007 american documentary film by werner herzog the film studies people and places in antarctica it was released in north america on june 11 2008 and distributed by thinkfilm. Directed by werner herzog. He doesn t appear on camera but the. A glance at the other reviews here shows a minority view but to me it is impossible to watch this documentary without becoming suffused with joy and awe at the continent but even more at the.

In encounters at the end of the world the zog heads off to antarctica finding there a population of unusual people hallucinatory underwater life and penguins. Film maker werner herzog travels to the mcmurdo station in antarctica looking to capture the continent s beauty and investigate the characters living there. With werner herzog scott rowland stefan pashov doug macayeal. Just about anywhere werner herzog goes becomes an interesting place in part because the director shapes it with his distinctively sardonic eye.