Encounters at the End of the World
Leonard Nimoy Thalia |
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“Offers one arresting visual marvel after another.” –Variety
2007. USA.
Werner Herzog. 99 min. Color.
Director Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man, Rescue Dawn)
confirms his standing as poet laureate of men in extreme situations with this
visually stunning exploration. He travels to the Antarctic community of McMurdo
Station, headquarters of the National Science Foundation and home to 1100
people during the austral summer (Oct-Feb). Over the course of his journey, Herzog examines human nature and Mother Nature, juxtaposing breathtaking locations with the profound, surreal, and sometimes absurd experiences of the marine biologists, physicists, plumbers, and truck drivers who choose to form a society as far away from society as one can get. With Herzog at the helm, what might have been mere tourism achieves the level of art.
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