Henning Brümmer

“Nothing is typical for Werner, only the atypical is typical for him.” This is just one of many attempts to characterize Werner Herzog. Documentary filmmaker Thomas von Steinaecker spoke to actors, directors, directors of photography and producers who have worked with Herzog over his long career—including directors Chloé Zhao, Joshua Oppenheimer and Wim Wenders, singer Patti Smith and actors Nicole Kidman, Christian Bale and Robert Pattinson. We also hear from Herzog himself, with extraordinary anecdotes about film locations and shoots, his admiration for Lotte Eisner, and his eternal search for beauty. The interviews are carefully punctuated by archive footage of Herzog never seen before, iconic excerpts from his feature films and documentaries, and his cameos in cartoon series such as The Simpsons. Together they create a kaleidoscopic image of a radical visionary and dreamer, and of his very own “Werner World.”

1991년 6월 3일, 일본의 운젠 화산이 폭발하고 43명의 목숨을 앗아간다. 희생자들 중에는 프랑스의 화산학자 부부인 카티아와 모리스 크래프트도 포함되어 있었다. "인페르노 속으로"(2016)를 만들며 베르너 헤어조크 감독은 이들의 이야기에 매혹된다. 화산의 놀라운 풍경을 극히 가까운 거리에서 담은 사진과 영상으로 유명했던 그들이 남긴 200시간 분량의 푸티지를 바탕으로 그들에게 바치는 진혼곡을 만든다.

Documentary about space colonization: a voyage across our planet, into the stars and beyond.

‘Tangerine Dream is science fiction!’ declares band leader Edgar Froese who died in January, 2015 aged 70. For almost fifty years he and his band ‘Tangerine Dream’ explored sound and its effect on our emotions. This film about one of Germany’s first electronic bands kicks off with the young Berlin musicians who were as inspired by the space age of the 1960s, with its rocket launchings and visions of the future, as they were by their own heartbeat, on which Froese also based compositions. Aided by the Moog and other synthesisers Froese (and various band members) revolutionised popular music. His explorations took him into the worlds of classical, new and film music. He preferred to visualise moods rather than create clearly structured songs. A blend of amateur footage, interviews with band members, relatives, friends and colleagues such as Jean-Michel Jarre that creates a comprehensive portrait of an artistic pioneer.

자신이 군림했던 세상에서 도망자로 몰락한 독재자. 이 상황을 이해하지 못하는 철부지 손자에게 연극을 하자고 제안한다. 목숨을 건 위험천만한 여정에서 지난날 자신이 저질렀던 만행을 하나 둘씩 고스란히 마주한다.

This sobering roundup of nuclear mishaps highlights lost bombs, reckless acts and dangerous misuses of nuclear materials following World War II.

Framed by the tranquil beauty of a forest near Berlin, Khatia Buniatishvili gives a recital of pianistic masterpieces dappled by the shade of verdant ferns and leafy canopies. As a special treat, her older sister Gvantsa joins her for four-handed works by Dvořák, Brahms, and Piazzolla. Described as a “force of nature”, Georgian pianist Khatia Buniatishvili takes her art into the wilderness with this concert. On a wooden stage, she sits in an earthy concert hall performing works of particular meaning for her, and beloved by audiences the world over. From Debussy’s Clair de Lune to Ravel’s La Valse, from Stravinsky’s Petrushka to Piazzolla’s Improvisations on Libertango, Buniatishvili demonstrates her wide palette of expression and lyric approach to her instrument. Interspersed with the music are intimate interviews of the artist herself in which she discusses on her musical upbringing, her career, and her impressions of the pieces she has chosen to include in the program.

Claire and Robert spend most of their time in a house they own in the beautiful and remote countryside in Italy. Their life seems to be perfect. But when Claire's sister gets murdered in the very same house, the traumatic event shakes up their relationship. Disappointment, fear and resentment they swept under the rug for years, resurface. Revealing the dark side of a blissful love - a dream that turns into a nightmare. It is the story of two people trapped in a dark secret.

Two ex-friends from East Germany meet up after many years. One was a dissident, the other spied on him for the Stasi. One went to prison. One did not. A unsettling story of how a dictatorship spun so strong it could completely control its population.

"Laughing with Hitler" is a journey into a supposedly humorless time. In the Third Reich, however, the Führer and his Nazi bigwigs were laughed at. The political jokes of the Hitler years were a barometer of true public opinion. But those who dared to make jokes critical of the regime lived dangerously. In the early Nazi era, Hitler jokes were punished as "insidious", during the war even as "undermining of military strength" and the penalty was the death penalty! The conflict with the Nazi authorities ended more mildly for other pranksters: the cheeky cabaret artist Werner Finck was deported to a concentration camp, but was released again.

비행선 엔지니어인 그래함 도링톤 박사는 그가 특별히 고안한 헬륨 비행선을 가이아나 중심부에 있는 거대한 카이초 폭포 근처에서 실험 비행하려 한다. 그러나 12년 전 그는 유사한 탐험 중 동료 디에터를 죽음으로 몰고 갔기 때문에 닥쳐 올 위험이 두렵다. 도링톤 역시 아귀레와 피츠카랄도처럼 헤어조크적 ‘몽상가’이다. 비행선의 테스트를 혼자서 강행하겠다는 도링톤에게 카메라 없는 비행은 어리석은 짓이라며 두 명의 카메라맨이 있음에도 불구하고 자신이 직접 카메라를 메고 비행을 해야겠다고 고집피우는 62세의 헤어조크 감독을 보는 그 자체가 경이롭기 그지없다. (한국영상자료원)