Directed by Werner Herzog • 1984 • West Germany, Australia
Starring Bruce Spence, Wandjuk Marika, Roy Marika
Werner Herzog heads to the Australian outback for this typically idiosyncratic variation on one of his pet themes: the uneasy relationship between modern man and nature. When an Australian mining company sets out to conduct a series of tests in the desert, they find themselves challenged by the aboriginal elders for whom the land is sacred, a conflict that pits corporate interests against ancient folkways. A hypnotic, visually stunning meditation on the Australian landscape, WHERE THE GREEN ANTS DREAM explores issues of Western arrogance and colonialism through Herzog’s one-of-a-kind lens.
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The Dark Glow of the Mountains
Directed by Werner Herzog • 1985 • West Germany
Werner Herzog’s career-long concern with individuals who test the limits of human achievement receives one of its most extraordinary expressions in this portrait of mountaineers Hans Kammerlander and Reinhold Messner. Following the pair as they emb...
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Cobra Verde
Directed by Werner Herzog • 1987 • West Germany
Starring Klaus Kinski, King Ampaw, José LewgoyThis final collaboration between best fiends Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski plumbs the horrors of colonialism in a delirious cinematic nightmare. COBRA VERDE tells the story of a Brazilian rancher turn...
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Herdsmen of the Sun
Directed by Werner Herzog • 1989 • Germany
Werner Herzog travels to the Sahel region of central Africa to document the unique courtship rituals of the nomadic Wodaabe tribe, whose men paint themselves in makeup and engage in an elaborate beauty pageant in hopes of attracting a mate. With rare in...
