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Herzog's "Dawn" Progress
I wrote Werner Herzog yesterday and asked whether Rescue Dawn will be included at the Toronto Film Festival roster. "At the moment we should treat the Toronto Film Festival as some sort of a rumor, as there is no clear confirmation yet," he answered.
"I just arrived in London for music recordings with the cello genius Ernst Reijseger -- we did the music together for my two movies The White Diamond and The Wild Blue Yonder, using five Sardinian shepherd singers and an additional singer from Senegal. With Reijseger I shall work on the transition of the film into the unreal. The score is being written by Klaus Badelt (who recently scored Poseidon), but Reijseger will contribute music for a very strange moment in the film.
"Last week I have done color corrections, ADR, and sound post-production. Some of the digital effects (yes, I do have a few of them) are almost finished, and mixing has to be done. My guess is that we shall have a 35mm print before August 20th."
In a New Yorker profile of Herzog that appeared earlier this year, writer Daniel Zalewski wrote the following: "Herzog believes that modern life has disconnected humans from their most elemental pleasures. His films, accordingly, attempt to connect modern cinemagoers to their prelapsarian selves: the emotions are always primal, and landscape is integral to the drama. Herzog says, 'You will never see people talking on the phone, driving in a car, or exchanging ironic jokes in my films...it is always bigger, deeper.'"
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on July 30, 2006 at 10:01 AM
comment #1
Osama bin Laden says ...
Why does this guy seem more in tune with things then all the other folks in his profession put together? I admire so many of his films that even when they rarely bomb, it's OK cause i know he has other things going. Also, when I see his name on the internet, I tend to read the whole story. rarely a thing i do for anyone elese anymore.
Posted by Osama bin Laden at July 30, 2006 10:33 AM
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says ...
I'm sure he's thrilled to have the #1 terrorist such a big fan of his work...
Posted by at July 30, 2006 01:43 PM
comment #3
Sean M. says ...
The music for "The Wild Blue Yonder" is very unearthly--and good. Good luck to Herzog.
Posted by Sean M. at July 30, 2006 02:20 PM
comment #4
Osama bin Laden says ...
I am a soldier of God. No more. And a movie fan as well.
Posted by Osama bin Laden at July 30, 2006 02:28 PM
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Alexander says ...
Well, I'm sure, Osama, that, like Saddam Hussein--who loved to watch The Godfather routinely--you have a superior taste in film than George W. Bush, who apparently watches the Austin Powers movies every other day.
Posted by Alexander at July 30, 2006 04:00 PM
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Osama bin Laden says ...
True, I do have better taste then your president. However, despite what you might know ,I am more into music then film. Try catching me without my Ipod is like trying to catch me in real life for you Americans!!!!
Posted by Osama bin Laden at July 30, 2006 04:54 PM
comment #7
Pervez Musharraf says ...
Well played Osama, well played...
Posted by Pervez Musharraf at July 30, 2006 09:43 PM
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says ...
You're sucking up to him? Hasn't he demanded you be assassinated and overthrown?
Posted by at July 30, 2006 10:20 PM
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