Werner Herzog gets shot by LA sniper during interview

[HowToTintWindow]

"What was that?". I'm sure that's as painful to the sniper as "Is it in yet?" is to any male.

[VivaLaurico178]

geil ich bin ne geile maus

[Ralastar]

Werner Herzog worked with Klaus Kinski for years. I think you kinda become fearless after that...

[insidemusician]

I don't always get intervieuwed. But when I do, I get shot.

[HarunDanyal]

lol, probably a kid.

[freeyourmind775]

I was lucky enough to see him when he stopped by DePaul a few days back. He showed us Wild Blue Yonder, and talked for about 45 minutes. He had a much longer lecture later that night, but I was in a class :(

[gunnslinger9966]

That is messed up!!! That could have caused internal bleed with out you knowing it till too late.

WHAT A BUNCH OF ASSHOLES!!! Some scumbag got got paranoid for nothing!!!

[TheClarenceter]

@WinchesterRanger "Pussy", says an American.

[ibrews]

"It doesn't surprise me to be shot at." Oh god. Awesome.

[vpratts21]

hit marker!



[gunman848]

ive been shot twice with a 12 gauge anti riot shell at about 20 feet. they were alluminum pellets coated with rubber, the were not supposed to penetrate flesh, but the shot wad had been placed into a shell with 90 percent more powder charge. ive still got the holes in my coat to proove it. it hurt like hell, took it in the back, nothing hit my spine, but peppered the hell out of me.

[LazyMan9000]

He's like: "Pissant snipers. In my day, we used remodelled unspent artillery shells in our air rifles! And we remodelled them using our dicks!"

[rastwet]

they wanted an exterior SHOT

[MrFungud]

LA is a shithole.

[yahbud]

lmao some kid in a ghillie suit with his brand new airsoft gun thats fuckin awesome

[XxwolfyxoXo]

@yahbud ikr

[LOSANGELESCALICRIP]

GET SNIPED SON !

[RelativelyHostile1]

tis only a scratch ^^ "It is not a significant bullet" he is too badass

[newyorkment]

pfft air rifle, fucking stupid

[SamJamwich1]

I used to get shot by LA snipers, then I took an arrow to the knee, it was not a significant arrow though.

[SoleMan117]

I think Klaus Kinski would eat him rather than shoot him...

[FairyCaritafv432]

hehe wie geil hab 3 brüste

[NellyTwannalb774]

naa ich bin blond

[50cent329]

i think thats a bb

[maraeats]

"It's not a significant bullet."

[TheRealCritique]

Bangers in LA are who shoots old men. Plenty of white gun nuts as well in other parts of the USA, just not in the racial self-pity party that is LA. Then again, it was in the hills, and could've been some punk rich kid.

I would've tried to pick the fucker up, and beat his head in.

[sudaev]

@TheRealCritique - You may want to check up on who commits most of the mayhem in the USA. "White gun nuts" aren't usually much of a factor.

[upyerrzzz1]

@TheRealCritique Loathsome ghetto trash commit most of the gun related violence here.

[Justobecontinued]

Who is this guy? Why did someone shoot him? Are his movies that bad? What? Who shoots old men?

[SinusPlexus]

Great man. He already had to deal with worse things (Klaus Kinski).

[AdriaEvonfb452]

ha wohne in leipzig

[mriley858]

Odd thing is I had a friend who told me years ago he was arrested in LA for shooting an older man with an airsoft rifle from a pretty far distance, same time period this would have been filmed, small chance but as they say this is a small world so who knows

[kamikazeraee]

Nice undies.

[boattrainpaddy]

My favorite living movie creator.

I'm pleased the psycho with the rifle did not have a .45 .

[firemenrhot]

Great undies!!!

[MyriamAnoo660]

hehe geht so ab mehrere hundert am tag und es is einfach

[KiaraAlysonie133]

geil ich bin eine gummi puppe

[muaythai193]

Respect for him as a film maker!

But something about his sooo emotionless character gets me going! lol

I really enjoyed Grizzly Man for example, but the scene where he listens to the audio and also the way he directed the friends and witnesses to speak...just not my cup of tea!

As said, great filmmaker nonetheless!

[TheMimifur]

Just watched this after reading Mark's incredibly funny book It's only a Movie. The description of this incident is good, but does not do justice to the clip here of the reality.

[VivianMarlincs357]

nun das was ich entdeckt habe geht sowas von ab

[benos]

Yeah, just pull down your pants while your at it.

[polutrapans]

What a badass. He did not even flinch.

[1Andyperez909]

@amillionwatts huh?

[OliveLauravw582]

lool ich bin blond

[amillionwatts]

Only Werner Herzog can show off his purple & pink undies on TV at 70-something years old and still come across as the most fascinating man on the planet. He has long reached a level of badassery us mortals can only dream about.

[starlawarfey]

@amillionwatts AMEN!!

[spugesdu]

Get shot in the stomach. Like a BOSS.

[MrCrgl]

an american would have made a fuzz out of this.

[ReganMorganvd915]

lool bin student und hab bald mehr kröten als meine eltern

[1rich14]

I fainted when he unbuckled his belt

[DinahKathiuq49]

lol super klasse hab mega kohle und es kann an sich jeder lol

[Andreaslillfreakact]

I would have gone mad when I would have seen myself with such a bullet wound, and those boxxers is what teenagers in my age wear (14-15) :D

[JannKarolqr157]

cool ich hab was unanständiges entdeckt

[KamalaKerennj41]

hehe wie geil hab 3 brüste

[420bailey]

Tough SOB, you have to realize the pellet is still in him during the interview!! Air rifles are capable of killing someone, they can be as large as .22 cal and fire at velocities higher than most pistol rounds, no laughing matter if your the target!

[ZDanimations]

*they tried to shoot him, but his soul is still dancing.

[jokeclanproductions]

@ZDanimations i love that movie

[HuongLouiesg694]

lol super klasse hab mega kohle und es kann an sich jeder lol

[yoyoyoussef619]

GIRLY BOXERZ!!!!

[MerveYoungki]

This is freaking weird.

[KatyRaeanniu701]

ehm guckt mich an bin ein elch

[tomski70]

In Germany the synonym of a tantrum is having a Klaus (means having a tantrum like Klaus Kinski).

[D3moMan2]

lol shitty sniper im 12 and and i can shoot a beer bottle moving in a river with a 22 pistol

[shawazonfire]

@D3moMan2 no one cares, faggot.

[D3moMan2]

@shawazonfire hater

[jaredleospirit]

@D3moMan2 , he was using an air rifle from a distance, and actually got him in a fatal wound zone, he wasnt even seen! Your words mean nothing.

[SamJamwich1]

197 people shot at Werner Herzog.

[GDuff123]

damn. incredible man, incredible resolve. He deserves an award and commemoration in highest regard for simply surviving his situation for any substantial amount of time.

Thank god it was an air rifle, thats probably what saved him.

Still, thats got to hurt like a bitch.

also, shut the drapes!! :)

[diddymuck]

gets one in the gut and just laughs it off??? do I hear fake?

[SonOfAWhisker]

I thought it would at least be a 7.62x51mm bullet, oh well

[GDuff123]

@SonOfAWhisker

lol at least?

Thats a huge bullet youre talkin about :)

[ninjaisland007]

Who would try to kill Werner Herzog? That doesn't make any sense. Maybe klaus kinski thought they were making a movie?

[RmonSP]

Very misleading title. Dislike.

[iluvskylines1234]

Its a fucking air rifle. Dislike.

[tsartodd]

Herzog is a SF Giants fan, and he was shot by an irate Dodgers fan.

[S0M3K1ND0FCRAZY]

it was klaus kinski!

[Zoidberg227]

Werner Herzog. LIKE A BOSS.

[ZombieDragQueen]

This baffles me. Who was the gunman? Why Werner? And how did he know Werner was there? Maybe it was just random and in that case I'm with Werner in not investigating who did it. Or maybe it was just a random post office employee training for his real going-berserk-shooting.

[logosonline1]

were's the rest of the interview? as a poet you have to shrug off even the ugly things...

[WinstonSmith6079]

Heh! Fucking CA wackos! Shooting HERZOG of all people!? ???

So stupid! Couldn't be more wrong! That whomever LA ghetto turd-brain might have been useful for once ever if he'd shot Michael Bay instead! But NO! Stupid, useless piece of shit whoever did that!

Heh, when they're shooting at Werner Herzog in CA, is it any wonder at all that nearly everything out of Hollywood these days is fucking stinky rancid garbage!? Uhhh, the answer is: NO!

[Didgebaba]

I bet it was Harmony Korine with the rifle......

[Augmata]

@Didgebaba That made my day.

[marlboroman1985]

Bit of a stretch to call a twelve-yr-old with a BB gun as a "sniper."

[DanceLukeDancee]

There's a huge difference between "LA SNIPER" and a "Wacko with an air rifle" ffs...

[HomotopyToMarie]

*WHUMP* (obviously shot) "vaht vas thet?"

[Fummel1992]

@HomotopyToMarie try to speak german without accent.

[torker24]

@HomotopyToMarie shut up.

[Oceanmachine27]

He survived making five movies with Klaus Kinski. I wouldn't be surprised if he could shrug off an artillery shell.

[vendetta1987]

@Oceanmachine27 "It was not a significant blast!"

[GohModley]

@Oceanmachine27 Ha ha ha. What a fucking moron.

[beggarz]

@Oceanmachine27 If you get the extended or making of version of I think Wrath of God you get to see Klaus completely melting down, it's really quite amazing. My favourite part are the bored cameramen haha

[Sivaramsammeta2010]

The Man is God...bullets don't touch him...Significant...huh!!

[1953SM]

@srgmcstud, I own several pellet/bb guns and they shoot both bb's and pellets. If you look at a pellet and a bb you can see a pellet is heavier and not perfectly smooth like a bb and would fly slower compared to a bb. I can pump my gun 10 times and it would fire at almost the rate of a 22 bullet and there are some that are even more powerful than mine.

[realgunslinger]

They tried shoot his spirit, it's still dancing.

[snuff2ify]

this man is more cool than arny schwarzenegger...

[NotSober100]

Man that guy is just too nice and forgiving, not a bad quality thoug

[SwampThizzle]

Fucking epic.

[SPKaa]

By far, the most interesting man on the planet.

[hark2e]

@SPKaa I don't always do interviews

But when I do, I get shot.

[criterion10]

you cant go wrong with Herzog and Kermode

[1953SM]

They said it was an air rifle, so it wasn't a bullet but a B-B . I've been hit by B-B's a few times.

[srgmcstud]

@1953SM no, it was a pellet not a B-B they are different. A PELLET gun. which can be quite powerful.

[1953SM]

They said it was an air rifle, so it wasn't a bullet but a B-B

[Bobosnake100]

gunman? its a fucking air rifle lol XD

[Jenult]

@Bobosnake100 lol no shit, dumb dumb dumb

[jimih64]

OMG AN AIR RIFLE!??!!?!??!1??!?!1!1?11?!?­!?!

[xaxie1]

Nobody messes with Werner Herzog!

[djvalis]

Hard as nails.. I have a new respect for this dude now.

[AddictedToFunAndMeth]

It's almost like he sets these things up. He's had by far the weirdest life I've ever heard of...

[Barney83]

Werner Herzog is no great filmmaker. He should be committed. He's an idiot. I however disdain violence because of disagreement. No one deserves to be shot and lose their body just because they already lost their brain.

[overkillll]

@Barney83

watch White Diamond and see if you're still inclined to say he is not a great film maker.

[MsBarbarian1]

who the hell would shoot at Werner? I LOVE Werner!

[greensucksbluerules]

@MsBarbarian1 Klaus Kinski.

[Suavepebble]

(Read this in Herzog's voice)

If you want to know how deep the proverbial rabbit hole goes into the earth, take a moment to consider the fact that one week before this interview I found myself watching at all hours of the night youtube videos of only the very best air rifle marksmen of the world. Lo and behold, the third most honored of them all lived within one mile of where I was staying. It goes without saying that I am a man of great ideas.

[Hrko1992]

*fjusht* ''what was that?''

*just got shot*

''its not a significant bullet''

*bleeding*

''its not significant''

LOL

[gezolor]

germans are made of steel. arooga!

[ARGHp2p]

until they said that was an air rifle i was like "he took that shit like a man"

[ande1718]

Its crazy but I could have done without seeing Werner Herzog's pubes.

[xxxSophadillyxxx]

@biznitch96 - damn fucking right!!! You are absolutely right! but they are themselves the assholes and as idiotic and immature as they are - they're not going to apologize or pay any attention to you! I suggest you ignore them too! :)

[3296856]

The BADASS-EST filmmaker. EVER.

[LeonSpinx1]

Herzog's cool, but I'm glad no one cares about his films; they're not any good.

[PunkymickBlah]

@LeonSpinx1 in Germany he hasnt. but here hes won a ton of awards u just cant wrap ur head around them

[echangcv]

@LeonSpinx1

Disagree. His films are intelligent and sublime and are watched by anyone willing to accept his cinematic vision

[Surannhealz]

Thats some random stuff right there.

[niriop]

Herzog could kick Chuck Norris' arse!

[TheMarksmenCat]

they missed the faggy jew by about a feet

[torker24]

I'm glad he's alright... we wouldn't want to lose someone like Herzog.

[Mitch1379]

Most misleading title ever.

[361theatreproject]

this happened to me once

[festizioband]

While bleeding above the crotch: "It's not an everyday thing... It's not significant." <-- Germans are tough.

[mostwanted6111]

@festizioband germans are retarded

[howdy0doody]

@mostwanted6111

aye shut da fuck uip man, i am from this germany.

you fuck m

[mostwanted6111]

@howdy0doody yh i lived there and they are a bunch of mental retards

[howdy0doody]

@mostwanted6111

myself am germans and i say this is nay true.

you make these thiungs up/?

poo to you busteer!

[mostwanted6111]

@howdy0doody i cnt understand you, German retard

[howdy0doody]

@mostwanted6111

you actually believed i was german? whose the retard, faggot.

[mostwanted6111]

@howdy0doody so your backing up the Germans. your an even bigger retard than I thought

[howdy0doody]

@mostwanted6111

no, i cant stand them really. i just felt like fucking with you and it worked

[mostwanted6111]

@howdy0doody well then its cool if you dnt like them.

[howdy0doody]

@mostwanted6111

its funny how their country has been awfully quiet ever since they tried to take over the world. they act strange, and talk/smell weird. they eat disgusting foods and most germans are incredibly unattractive

[mostwanted6111]

@howdy0doody hahahaha excactly

[howdy0doody]

@mostwanted6111

lets be friends. lol

[mostwanted6111]

@howdy0doody good idea =)

[biznitch96]

@howdy0doody As a german american, I take that as an offense. Any source?

[howdy0doody]

@biznitch96

yeah, germany.

[biznitch96]

@howdy0doody You're saying you've been to every town and met every German. Alone my friends, who eat at McDonald's, use deodorant, speak English and the females who are attractive, more so than many american girls I know, are enough proof to label your argument invalid. Funny how you assume that every german was a Nazi, tried to take over the world (which wasn't Hitlers intention, only a pangermanist Third Reich stretching over Europe into Russia), and that these people are still alive today.

[biznitch96]

@howdy0doody ...Then go on to embrace an important part of Nazi ideology, namely generalising an ethnic group and assigning them all negative characteristics that you may have noticed encountering one member of this ethnic group.

[supremeFTW]

@howdy0doody

lol. iam a german...iam not ugly..i dont smell and iam not a fool like you.....so there seems to be a diffrence between germans and....germans... :) aaand i still have my channel.... :)

[howdy0doody]

@supremeFTW

ugh. just by the way you type i can tell your a smelly german

[FrauleinSlim]

I met him yesterday and chatted with him a bit today. He's just...awesome. And crazy. He signed a Nosferatu DVD for me.

[RORYcsSHAC]

hold 6 or 7 for something dirty

[RORYcsSHAC]

thwack ........ what was that ?

[wonderfulsupporter]

what was that

[TheEvilscotsman123]

You all know that this is fake right.

[ofcoursehesthefarmer]

''You have to take a bold look at the things around you - even the ugly things, the decadent things...'' The words of a spirited man.

[21YEAH21]

"it's not a significant bullet" - there's only one Werner Herzog...

[DickieCarhart]

He should have made himself small, like this.

Is this really me!

[ryder1002]

I'd like to think he was about the say the "...the little cunts with air rifles"

[branane]

I've never seen him so happy. I think he liked it!

[dallegre]

He has the most badass underpants I've ever seen.

[Benidictusify]

The shooter was Kinski

[ahegele]

I can listen to Mark Kermode talk about this story every week. His self acknowledged embellishment of it is hilarious.

[trilbynhiss]

He's so awesome. I kind of love him.

[PiratesAndCowboys]

WTF. You hero! LOL

[townzen222]

the dude shaves it



[mudkipNDS]

It is not a significant bullet.

[grands1am]

"It is not significant."

My new motto.

[LegendaryAdrenaline]

I love how he gets shot and asks "what was that?" as if it was so unimportant he could barely recognize it.

[wadaledu]

chuck norris's grandpa

[jacobdodson]

Wir beschäftigen uns mit dieser Scheiße jeden Tag.

[zomgtehrei]

americans huh, no culture no respect

[ohhbilly219]

"It is not a significant bullet." Bad. Ass.

[bohemiandonut]

"It's not an every day thing but it doesn't surprise me.."