Werner Herzog - Herakles (1962)

[TheKrottyKid]

Will he clean the Augean stables? (Garbage dump)

Will he kill the Lernaean Hydra? (Endless lines of cars)

Will he tame the Mares of Diomedes? (Racing cars crashing, spectators killed)

Will he defeat the Amazons? (Women marching in uniform)

Will he conquer the giants? (City reduced to rubble)

Will he resist the Stymphalian birds? (U.S. Air Force jets dropping bombs)

[AvantGardeGuy2]

Although Herzog himself thinks this film is silly, I personally find it very good...not to mention amusing.

[viktoralexis]

pendant que l'humanité part en couille dans une réaction en chaine d'événements destructeurs, les hommes gonflent gonflent gonflent et gonflent encore. Les muscles qui grossissent c'est une sorte de métaphore sur l'impossibilité de l'homme à s'arrêter au raisonnable, car il veut atteindre le statut de sa représentation de dieu, Héraclès...

et à vouloir devenir dieu, l'homme ne contrôle plus rien... il déclenche sa propre fin en voulant changer de nature.

[Totoro273]

Creo que faltan un par de minutos del final, pues según la IMBD de Internet dura sobre 12 minutos, y esto dura algo menos y el final es algo abrupto!

[tpmableful]

Great video. Viewers should check the film's Wikipedia page for translations of the subtitled questions; they invaluable to understanding the irony of the visual responses.

[luctomon]

bueno, lastima que no se entienden bien todos los subtitulos

[cunoamit]

does somebody know the budget of the film?

[Vikramvisions2]

Hi

You can make a film like this with little or no money at all. Check out my film Air Arcadia on my channel. I made that film with a budget of £100 and equipment borrowed from a local college.

[clawlesslawless]

@cunoamit almost nothing i think

[clawlesslawless]

@cunoamit almost nothing i think

[pjbrubak]

You can see Herzog's documentary style approach to filmmaking here. He's made more docs than narrative films.

[MrFender86]

herzog compares the challenges of Herakles in the antique period (mytholgie) with the challenges today (or 1962 ;-))...e.g. the subtitle says: "will he kill the lernaic snake?"(at 3:20) and then you see a huge line of cars.. great idea...

[joet88]

what do the subtitles say?

thx for this, i was wondering if i'd ever get to see it : )