“When I say tourism is sin and traveling on foot is virtue, it's condensed into a dictum. It's much more complex than that, but let's face it, for me, my experience, the world reveals itself to those that travel on foot. You understand the world in a much deeper level. And it does good to anyone who makes film.” WorldDoeFilmFacesSinLevelsVirtueFeetComplexesDeeperTourism Author:Werner Herzog
“Ten years ago in Antarctica shooting "Encounters at the End of the World," I met a very fine volcanologist from Cambridge University [Clive Oppenheimer] and we kept talking about doing a film and all of a sudden it became serious when he hinted at the possibility to film in North Korea.” WorldYearsEndsFilmTalkingPossibilitySeriousFineMetsTenYears AgoUniversityShootingEncountersEnd Of The WorldKoreaNorth KoreaCambridgeAntarcticaCambridge University Author:Werner Herzog
“Well, it had to be about the stories and the people who live under the volcano, what kind of new gods do they create? What sort of demons? And of course North Korea falls clearly into this category since the socialist revolution at the end of the Second World War. Somehow they adopted the myth of the power and dynamics of their volcano.” PeopleWorldWellsKindWarEndsStoriesFallCoursesRevolutionMythWar Of The WorldsDemonCategoriesSocialistAdoptedKoreaNorth KoreaSecond World WarDynamicsVolcanoes Author:Werner Herzog
“The volcano itself wasn't that interesting, but the man who refused to be evacuated - the only one of 75,000 people - was what set the tone for the film ["Encounters at the End of the World"] that we made together [with Clive Oppenheimer] ten years later.” PeopleMenWorldYearsMadeEndsTogetherFilmInterestingHe ManTenToneEncountersEnd Of The WorldVolcanoes Author:Werner Herzog
“It's very enigmatic because of course, the population [of North Korea] has no contact with the world outside or it's very, very limited. They don't have any telephone connections, no radio, no TV, no movies, no newspapers - nothing from the outside world. This is very strange and there's the very strict, unifying government that forces you to be in step. You see it in the stadium where the spectators create, by flipping cards, an image of the dear leader, or of the volcano, and it's made of a 100,000 human pictures.” WorldHumansMadeGovernmentCoursesForceLeaderStepsStrangeTvsConnectionsDearPopulationRadioNewspapersContactCardsStrictTelephonesSpectatorsKoreaNorth KoreaStadiumsOutside WorldVolcanoesUnifyingEnigmatic Author:Werner Herzog
“It's not far-fetched that almost everywhere in the world where you have volcanoes you have mythologies or new gods being created.” WorldMythologyVolcanoes Author:Werner Herzog
“I run my own film school, the Rogue Film School, and I do it over three and a half days, eight hours non-stop everyday; alone, single-handedly. But the difference is in the Rogue Film School I do have real human beings in front of me from all over the world, and of course there's this course as well, they can ask, talk about their problems and obstacles, finances, anything, you just name it. Whereas in the Masterclass, you are speaking to cameras.” WorldHumansWellsRealProblemRunningSchoolFilmThreeCoursesAsksNamesHoursDifferencesMy OwnHuman BeingsHalfFrontsCamerasEverydayObstaclesEightFinanceRoguesFilm SchoolReal HumanNon StopHalf Days Author:Werner Herzog
“For example, the face of Nicole Kidman in Queen of the Desert and she is the most beautiful goddess on screen that you can find anywhere around in the world. There's no imperfections, and yet I don't need to know every single pore in her face.” KnowsWorldNeedsBeautifulFacesExampleScreensDesertQueensImperfectionGoddessNicole Author:Werner Herzog
“Fragility of modern world leaves me with the idea we'd better anticipate what's going on. We take our right steps today and now. And we'd better avoid, that we are overdependent on, let's say, the internet.” WorldTodayModernInternetLeaving Me Author:Werner Herzog
“at the press conference for the film he impressed everyone with his complete sincerity and innocence. he said he had come to see the sea for the first time and marveled at how clean it was. someone told him that, in fact, it wasn't. 'when the world is emptied of human beings' he said, 'it will become so again” WorldFirstsHumansSaidFactsFilmHuman BeingsSeaFirst TimePressesCleanInnocenceSincerityImpressedConferencesPress Conferences Author:Werner Herzog
“Look into the eyes of a chicken and you will see real stupidity. It is a kind of bottomless stupidity, a fiendish stupidity. They are the most horrifying, cannibalistic and nightmarish creatures in the world.” WorldLooksKindRealEyeCreaturesStupidityChickens Author:Werner Herzog
“May I propose a Herzog dictum? Those who read own the world, and those who watch television lose it.” WorldMayLosesWatchesTelevisionPropose Author:Werner Herzog
“Martin Luther was asked, what would you do if tomorrow the world would come to an end, and he said, 'I would plant an apple tree today.' This is a real good answer. I would start shooting a movie.” IfsWorldSaidRealEndsTodayAnswersTreeTomorrowPlantShootingApplesLutherApple Trees Author:Werner Herzog
“I am torn between the beauty of the natural world, which you see all around us, and the idea that some dumb tornado could blow a telephone pole onto my sweet Camaro.” WorldIdeasNaturalSweetBlowDumbTornTelephonesNatural WorldTornadoesCamaro Author:Werner Herzog
