Congratulations you have made it to the final Blog in my Werner Herzog series!

In general, I like to be positive when it comes to film and filmmaking but something has been bugging me for a long time and with a specific new release I would just like to vent. I have not seen “Joker: Folie à Deux” (2024) at some point I will but I won't be seeing it theatrically.

In 2009 Herzog released a film that has a fascinating origin story.  

If you are into film and the art of filmmaking and want a visual feast where everything in the production is immaculate... Cinematography, visual effects, costume, makeup, score & casting and if you don't mind a plot that is generally obscure and on occasion goes completely A.W.O.L along with dialogue that drifts between bizarre and pedestrian...

Post "Invincible" Herzog returned to documentary filmmaking. 

So sad to hear about the passing of the extremely talented, intelligent and glamorousDame Maggie Smith is one of the greatest actresses... Ever!

As I said at the end of part three Werner only concerned himself with documentary projects for the majority of the nineteen nineties. over the next decade he will tackle some unique and unusual subject matter including one topic that obviously inspired him but the next ten years will see Herzog hone his documentarian skills and become the 

In 1981 the 39 year old Herzog embarked on a film project that is widely regarded as one of the most difficult productions in the history of cinema. The production was plagued with injuries and actual deaths. 

At the end of part one Werner had just made a period drama about a profit who bewitches a village of glass blowers which he made by having his cast hypnotised... OK! Next!  

Herzog was born "Werner Stipetićin" in Munich, Germany on 5 September 1942.

Werner Herzog is 82 years old today.

OK! let's get this over with!