| Encounters at the Edge of Sanity: A
Tribute to the Films of Werner Herzog
This is an Egyptian Theatre Exclusive!
The films of director Werner
Herzog are a mesmerizing combination of spiritual self-isolation, obsession
with the natural world, and the beautiful dance of slowly creeping insanity - "Every
man for himself, and God against all," as one title puts it. Notorious for his own
acts of Ahab-like rebellion - dragging a ship across a mountain for FITZCARRALDO,
hypnotizing the cast of HEART OF GLASS - Herzog has written and produced nearly all of his
own films, defying not only nature but also the industry. Please join us for a tribute to
the acclaimed German director with a two-night double feature program of NOSFERATU
THE VAMPYRE and COBRA VERDE, and STROSZEK and WOYZECK.
We are thrilled to welcome Werner Herzog to the
Egyptian Theatre!
Saturday, March 20 – 7:30 PM
Werner Herzog In Person! Double Feature:
NOSFERATU, THE VAMPYRE, 1979, I, 107 min. An homage to
Murnau’s 1922 classic, Herzog’s NOSFERATU achieves its own hypnotic power by
evoking a romantic past, aided by the eerie sensuality of Klaus Kinski’s performance.
In German with English subtitles. View trailer
COBRA VERDE, 1987, 518 Media, 111 min.
Klaus Kinski plays the ruthless bandit Cobra Verde, who is banished to Africa and finds
himself the only white man in a hostile environment. After enduring excruciating torture,
he rallies to form a guerrilla army. Director Werner Herzog's last artistic collaboration
with Kinski.View trailer Discussion between films with Werner Herzog
(schedule permitting).
Sunday, March 21 – 7:30 PM
Werner Herzog In Person! Double
Feature: STROSZEK, 1977, Werner Herzog
Film, 115 min. Dir. Werner Herzog. Bruno S., the troubled street singer from Herzog’s
EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF AND GOD AGAINST ALL, returns and travels from Berlin to the wide
open spaces of Wisconsin in an effort to start a new life. Unfortunately, he finds only
incomprehensible absurdity. View
trailer
WOYZECK, 1978, Werner Herzog Film, 82
min. Dir. Werner Herzog. Klaus Kinski gives a characteristically intense performance as
the title character, a common man whose oppression drives him to insanity and murder. In
German with English subtitles. View trailer Discussion in between films with Werner Herzog (schedule
permitting).
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