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The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)
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"Ever since he borrowed the other worldy footage of underwater Antarctica to make The Wild Blue Yonder (2005), Werner Herzog has wanted to make a film there himself. The National Science Foundation invited him to come. As, Herzog narrates in the introduction to Encounters at the End of the World, “I told them I would not make a movie about cute, fluffy penguins.” Herzog wants exploration, not a story. Among the questions he wants to explore is why do chimpanzees–clearly superior primates–not domesticate lesser animals? “A chimpanzee could climb on the back of a goat and ride into the sunset. But it doesn’t. Why?” Herzog asks in his dry, german accented monotone. Of course, he’s not studying chimpanzees in Antarctica, but he sets the tongue-in-cheek tone for the film. He’s a funny narrator, not nearly so severe as in Grizzly Man. But it is Werner Herzog. So, although he’s funny, he’s constantly reminding us we’re all doomed. The beaut "
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"Appropriation: Originality is overrated. Filmmakers taking footage from another film and adapting it into a new movie–Orson Welles (F for Fake), Werner Herzog (The Wild Blue Yonder) and Roger Corman (Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women)–are they inspired or just desperate? (Chat about it in the FilmCouch group) In the spirit of appropriation, email a sentence into filmcouch@spout.com. Kevin and Paul will incorporate it ever so naturally into next week’s show. The first person to identify the appropriated sentence wins a Spout track jacket from American Apparel (valued at $50). Download FilmCouch #21 or subscribe in the iTunes store (search for “filmcouch” or click here "
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"Tribeca Talks – Alfred P. Sloan Foundation presents: Prodigies, Nobelists and Penguins: Science and Stereotypes in the Movies – May 5, 2007 (Left to right: Sidney Perkowitz, Darren Aronovsky and Billy Shebar)Panelists:Darren Aronovsky (DA) – Filmmaker, The Fountain, Requiem for a Dream, PiBilly Shebar (BS) – Screenwriter, Dark MatterModerator:Sidney Perkowitz (SP) – Professor of Physics at Emory University (SP) What do you think of how Hollywood portrays scientists in film?(BS) I’ve seen portraits that go either way, but things have gotten better and better. There used to be a lot of films with
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"Appropriation: Originality is overrated. Filmmakers taking footage from another film and adapting it into a new movie--Orson Welles (F for Fake), Werner Herzog (The Wild Blue Yonder) and Roger Corman (Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women)--are they inspired or just desperate? (Chat about it in the FilmCouch group) In the spirit of appropriation, email a sentence into filmcouch@spout.com. Kevin and Paul will incorporate it ever so naturally into next week's show. The first person to identify the appropriated sentence wins a Spout track jacket from American Apparel (valued at $50).
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"Appropriation: Originality is overrated. Filmmakers taking footage from another film and adapting it into a new movie--Orson Welles (F for Fake), Werner Herzog (The Wild Blue Yonder) and Roger Corman (Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women)--are they inspired or just desperate? (Chat about it in the FilmCouch group) In the spirit of appropriation, email a sentence into filmcouch@spout.com. Kevin and Paul will incorporate it ever so naturally into next week's show. The first person to identify the appropriated sentence wins a Spout track jacket from American Apparel (valued at $50). Download FilmCouch #21 or subscribe in the iTunes store ( "
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"This one flew under my radar until just recently. I'm glad I discovered it, because it's a very unique viewing experience. Herzog marries footage from space and sea in his this Documentary/Mockumentary/Sci-F i. I enjoyed it, but at the same time I don't fully understand it. Not sure how to respond to it. You should watch it. Yes you. "
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