Clips from Les Blank's classic 1980 short, "Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe." (visit lesblank.com to obtain the whole film). The film documents Herzog fulfilling a bet he made with Errol Morris: if Mor...
Clips from Les Blank's classic 1980 short, "Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe." (visit lesblank.com to obtain the whole film). The film documents Herzog fulfilling a bet he made with Errol Morris: if Morris would finish his brilliant first feature "Gates of Heaven," Herzog said he would eat his shoe. He uses this public stunt to say some very serious things about American pop culture, filmmakers becoming "clowns" to promote their work, and the culture of images (or lack thereof). Clips like these can be found at the new Media Funhouse blog, which offers clips, reviews, a guide to YouTube and other sites, as well as everything in pop culture "from high art to low trash, and back again..." www.mediafunhouse.blogspot.com
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ms.loughlin, this is barry, i'm not in your class, i'm a 30 year old man - i think it's so rad that you're getting students into Herzog. Bill Clinton and Sallie Mae gave me a bunch of money to go to a fancy film school, and all they showed me was Blade Runner and Hitchcock and anything else you can trip over inside a Blockbuster. I have young cousins who might be your students' age, and they may never see Herzog! You're my Guitar Hero, Ms Loughlin! I LOVE YOU! ECSTATIC TRUTH!
I think we should see some videos of this Mrs. Loughlin! Come on, all her pupils and get this going as a class project! My curiosity has really being piqued about this lady-she sounds like a truly inspirational teacher! Anyone who's turning her charges onto Werner Herzog deserves some sort of recognition!
I think it's more funny for Herzog to be monotone and pretending to be serious all the time. It's more cynical. Otherwise it would be more like a cheap act.
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"it makes me into a clown!"