Filmspotting #107: Woyzeck / Top 5 Ensemble Movies
Just days after completing work on their "Nosferatu" collaboration, Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski started shooting an adaptation of playwright Georg Buchner's "Woyzeck." Here, Herzog again employs his documentary instincts to great effect while also remaining faithful to the film's theatrical origins, giving the film a great allegorical power. Though smaller in scale than either of the first two films in the Herzog-Kinski Marathon (and much less well-known), Sam found "Woyzeck" the best showcase so far of both Herzog's unique talents and Kinski's great skill as an actor. Adam also admired the film, but felt that both "Aguirre: The Wrath of God" and "Nosferatu" were greater achievements.
Also on the show: Listener Feedback and -- inspired by our recent review of Robert Altman's "A Prairie Home Companion" -- our Top 5 Ensemble Movies.
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Filmspotting #107
:27-14:09 - Herzog #3: "Woyzeck"
14:10-14:24 - Audio Feedback
Music: The Randy Bandits, "Catalyst"
15:22-26:32 - Listener Feedback (Kill Turnage-'Chick' Flick Edition)
Music: The Randy Bandits, "My Sweet Time"
27:12-42:21 - Top 5 Ensemble Movies
42:22-45:13 - Next Week/Close
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4 Comments:
Sincerely, thanks for Massacre Theatering my little script.
I may be in the minority, but at least I have articulated my point of view. Everyone with an English Degree should at least respect the passion if not the sentiment.
-RT
WARNING: DO NOT GO SEE NACHO LIBRE!
I loved High Fidelity and School of Rock but Nacho Libre has to be one of the worst movies I have seen in a long time. A total mess and only very very rarely funny. I was so disappointed given the combo of Mike White and Jack Black.
I can't believe I am the first person to point it out but the proper pronunciation of 'Woyzeck' is 'woi-tsek'. Sorry to be nit-picking.
Instead of Nacho Libre, may I suggest you guys consider seeing The Lake House, which to me, is the biggest surprise so far this year. And it's one of the better Chicago-shot movies I've seen as well.
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