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Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)

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Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)
by WarMovieBlog in WarMovieBlog Blog

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"Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997) IMDB 2006's Rescue Dawn was the story of US Navy pilot Dieter Dengler, as he was shot down over Vietnam, and his successful escape from the POW camp, the only person ever to achieve such a feat.Little Dieter Needs to Fly is a documentary of that same story, told from the man himself, Dieter Dengler. And if there was ever a more engaging, interesting, and just plain curious documentary, or individual, for that matter, I think I've yet to see it. Told entirely by Mr. Dengler, he revisits the locations involved in his story, and with amazing clar " [More]

10 Documentaries Hollywood Shou ...
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"It was shut out of the Oscar race for Best Documentary Feature, but Blessed is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh, now playing in New York City, could easily inspire a Hollywood film about the life of its heroic subject. And that dramatic version could potentially garner multiple Academy Award nominations. It wouldn’t be the first time a figure documented in a nonfiction film was later portrayed in an Oscar-nominated movie. In fact, one of this year’s Best Picture contenders, Milk, is almost like a remake of the 1984 Oscar-winning documentary The Times of Harvey Milk. Actual dramatic remakes of documentaries include Werner Herzogs’ Rescue Dawn, which revisits the subject of his earlier nonfiction film [More]

Unbreakable spirit
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"I've been thinking about this film for days now. It takes you through the journey of a U.S. fighter pilot, Dieter Dengler (Christian Bale) trying to escape a Vietnam POW camp. The most moving part of this film for me is watching Dieter's amazing resolve to survive against all odds. His positive outlook and ingenuity truly enabled him to plot against his captures. This being based on a true story makes me process this film differently, and ask myself if I could survive in that situation. I’ve struggled with thinking that I’m not sure how I’d handle a similar situation, and I pray that I’ll never have to. It’s a truly great film highlighting the mysterious depths of the human spirit when faced with great challenges. Now I want to watch the documentary on Dieter, “Little Dieter Needs to Fly”, to pay homage to this inspiring man. " [More]

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"As a title, Little Dieter Needs to Fly only makes sense if in this context, "fly" means "to flee" instead of "to operate an aircraft." Although its protagonist is certainly interested in the latter, most of Werner Herzog's documentary focuses on Dieter Dengler, who was the only US soldier to escape a Vietnamese P.O.W. camp. Dengler is another classic Herzog subject- obsessed, eccentric but loving attention. Unlike some other Herzog characters, his goal is more reasonable than dragging a boat over a mountain or becoming a bear- he just wants to survive the prison camp and fly more airplanes. The story of Dengler, like all Herzog stories is devastatingly simple. Growing up in Germany during WWII, Dengler became fascinated with aviation and dreamed of becoming a pilot. Unfortunately, Germany had no air force or even commercial airlines for some " [More]

Riveting, arresting...
by fitzcarraldo in fitzcarraldo Blog

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"This film was like a book you just can't put down. What makes Dieter Dengler's story so intensely compelling is because it delivers a message that the human experience lived by an individual (and ultimately, those around us...including maybe people you would never suspect) can be unbelievable. Dream-like. Nightmarish. But yet unflinchingly real.And told from the voice of the person who experienced both the absolute horrors and unspeakable elation of life up until and possibly crossing into death makes it an important film to see In a way, Herzog is like some sort of prophet of the human condition, bringing into view life seen from impossible angles -- alien territory and indescribable depths of experience -- depicting human existence in a way many of us can and may never fathom.It's a great film " [More]

Telluride 2007: Werner Herzog
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"I got five minutes to talk to Werner Herzog (it felt like an hour at the time). He’s here with his new documentary on Antarctica, Encounters at the End of the World. But when you get five minutes with a living legend, you don’t want to spend it on a movie synopsis you can read online. So, we talk about life, risk and how his mom quit smoking. Note: I reference Dieter Dengler of Herzog’s Rescue Dawn and Little Dieter Needs to Fly as well as a panel discussion he was on regarding Sean Penn’s Into the Wild. Werner Herzog interview John Krakauer, Sean Penn, Werner Herzog and moderator on a TFF 2007 panel discussion?? [More]

FilmCouch #27
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"Origins of story: Interviewing Justin Evans about his new book soon to be a film, A Good and Happy Child. Rescue Dawn, Werner Herzog’s new movie opened this week starring Christian Bale. We interview actor Jeremy Davies and producer Harry Knapp. It’s the fictional portrayal of Dieter Dengler, the only man to escape a POW camp and be rescued during Vietnam. Herzog made a documentary on Dengler in 1997, Little Dieter Needs to Fly. Download FilmCouch #27 or subscribe in the iTunes store (search for “filmcouch” or click here to launch iTunes) and a new free episode will download every Friday. Join the FilmCouch group

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"Origins of story: Interviewing Justin Evans about his new book soon to be a film, A Good and Happy Child. Rescue Dawn, Werner Herzog's new movie opened this week starring Christian Bale. We interview actor Jeremy Davies and producer Harry Knapp. It's the fictional portrayal of Dieter Dengler, the only man to escape a POW camp and be rescued during Vietnam. Herzog made a documentary on Dengler in 1997, Little Dieter Needs to Fly.

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Death and dying
by paul in paul on spout.com

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"In most films, people die so easily. Few films really explore somebody who should have died, but didn't. I'm not talking about Bruce Willis and a machine gun defying the odds, but stories people who by some strange luck tumble through the cruelest of suffering and come out alive. They recover, get a job, buy a home and maybe live on your block. That's Dieter Dengler. Little Dieter Needs to Fly is about a man we could pass everyday. Dengler is so dynamic and yet strangely disconnected. He begins telling his story of brutal torture, starvation and escape from a POW camp like he's describing a Christmas that went south. Werner Herzog begins a dance with Dengler, taking him back into the physical settings of his story, having Dengler tell it within grass huts surrounded by Vietnamese men holding AK-47s. Dengler's stories become more real, his emotions start to emerge and memories which would be considered innappropriate in most conversations come out naturally. The ... " [More]