NEONBEAR
13May11
i laughed pretty good at that part.
Mixed feelings about the representation of Africans in this film, who are shown almost always dancing or singing, as opposed to Europeans and Brazilians.
As usual, Herzog is a master of putting the most visually striking and physically demanding events together and then filming them.
Lyrical and intoxicating, my favorite Kinski/Herzog collaboration captures the imagination with images of larger than life characters in strange and foreign lands.
While it's not the best Herzog (and kinski) movie, Cobra Verde is apart of herzog's filmography, painting a really unique and special colour. Still Mezmerizing despite his defaults. "I would live in the lands of ice and snow...Anywhere to be away from here...The heat here is mean and inescapable. It courses through the body of the people like a fever. And yet, my heart grows colder and colder."
Cobra Verde 1987 DIR Werner Herzog SCR Werner Herzog, Bruce Chatwin 111 Min Another Herzog epic, but is it great art? Who cares, we love every minute of it !
Another strange and surrealistically poetic historical epic from legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog. Klaus Kinski looks a bit past his prime this time around (in their last collaboration), but he brings his usual intensity to the role. Fantastic locations imagery makes for some unforgettable moments.