Comments on: Fata Morgana (1971), Werner Herzog, B+ http://jordanhoffman.com/2007/06/03/fata-morgana-1971-werner-herzog-b/ Sympathy For Lots-o-Huggin' Bear Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:46:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jordan Hoffman Dot Com » Signs of Life (1968), Werner Herzog, B http://jordanhoffman.com/2007/06/03/fata-morgana-1971-werner-herzog-b/comment-page-1/#comment-1043 Jordan Hoffman Dot Com » Signs of Life (1968), Werner Herzog, B Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:08:32 +0000 http://jordanhoffman.com/2007/06/03/fata-morgana-1971-werner-herzog-b/#comment-1043 [...] Herzog’s first feature is deep Herzog. I’d only suggest this if you’ve tackled Fata Morgana or Heart of Glass. This movie is slow. This movie is about boredom. Seriously. A group of soldiers stationed on Crete have nothing to do. One (slowly) goes bananas from boredom. When this happens a little bit of action follows and then the movie ends. Here’s what happened to me: I turned this movie on one night and fell asleep. I turned it on the second night and fell asleep. I turned it on in the early evening and then I realized there were a lot of beautiful shots and odd, little moments I hadn’t noticed before. I’m guessing this is a good one to see in a theater. The rewards are there if you work for ‘em. [...] [...] Herzog’s first feature is deep Herzog. I’d only suggest this if you’ve tackled Fata Morgana or Heart of Glass. This movie is slow. This movie is about boredom. Seriously. A group of soldiers stationed on Crete have nothing to do. One (slowly) goes bananas from boredom. When this happens a little bit of action follows and then the movie ends. Here’s what happened to me: I turned this movie on one night and fell asleep. I turned it on the second night and fell asleep. I turned it on in the early evening and then I realized there were a lot of beautiful shots and odd, little moments I hadn’t noticed before. I’m guessing this is a good one to see in a theater. The rewards are there if you work for ‘em. [...]

]]> By: Jordan http://jordanhoffman.com/2007/06/03/fata-morgana-1971-werner-herzog-b/comment-page-1/#comment-843 Jordan Sun, 03 Jun 2007 13:24:54 +0000 http://jordanhoffman.com/2007/06/03/fata-morgana-1971-werner-herzog-b/#comment-843 I witnessed a real struggle while watching Fata Morgana. To my left sat a young guy, a kid really, with a friend. Both were enthused cineastes. As soon as the lights dimmed, though. . .maybe he'd been up late the night before, maybe the air conditioning and the dark room were too much. . .but the guy was constantly falling asleep. Out of the corner of my eye I would see him desperately try to keep himself awake, then the eyelids would fall, then then neck would bob and then he'd spring back up again. Hey -- I know it is tough. Middle of the day, hot outside, cold inside, dark, soothing soundtrack in German. . .I've been there before! <a href="http://jordanhoffman.com/2005/08/19/asphalt-1929-joe-may/" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://jordanhoffman.com/2005/01/20/the-leopard-1963-luchino-visconti-inc/" rel="nofollow">here</a> I witnessed a real struggle while watching Fata Morgana. To my left sat a young guy, a kid really, with a friend. Both were enthused cineastes. As soon as the lights dimmed, though. . .maybe he’d been up late the night before, maybe the air conditioning and the dark room were too much. . .but the guy was constantly falling asleep. Out of the corner of my eye I would see him desperately try to keep himself awake, then the eyelids would fall, then then neck would bob and then he’d spring back up again.

Hey — I know it is tough. Middle of the day, hot outside, cold inside, dark, soothing soundtrack in German. . .I’ve been there before! here and here

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