Herzog double: La Soufriere + The Great Ecstasy of Sculptor Steiner

Mittwoch, 4 März

Herzog double: La Soufriere + The Great Ecstasy of Sculptor Steiner

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LA SOUFRIERE   1977 (La Soufrière - Warten auf eine unausweichliche Katastrophe) Directed by Werner Herzog 30 minutes With English subtitles

In 1976 Werner Herzog hears a report that the volcano called La Soufrière will erupt on the French Caribbean island of Guadaloupe, and that the capital port city of Basse-Terre has been completely evacuated. He runs there with a small crew to record the oncoming disaster and talk with the few people who refuse to leave. Herzog risks his life (along with his crew) in order to make this film. The result is a work of stark beauty, a meditation on death and loneliness.

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THE GREAT ECSTASY OF THE SCULPTOR STEINER   1974 (Die große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner) Directed by Werner Herzog 45 minutes In German with English subtitles

What would have been a mundane sports film in the hands of any other director, is transformed into pure poetry by Werner Herzog. Images of the sculptor Steiner shooting off the ski ramp, slowed down to 1/20th of the normal speed, flying through the air, set to the transcendental music of Popol Vuh.

Datum & Zeit: 

Mittwoch, 4 März, 2020 - 19:30

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  • Film

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  • umsonst
Goethe Institute
Herengracht
470
1017 CA Amsterdam
Niederlande

Weekly programme of film screenings in a circuit of underground / self-organised venues. Forgotten movies that should have been classics, neglected flics, lesser-known gems, always with a personal introduction by the programmer. All films in English, or with English subtitles.

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  • Film

Öffnungszeiten : 

mostly Sunday to Thursday at about 7 different underground locations.