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Encounters at the End of the World
2009
Werner Herzog confirms his standing as poet laureate of men in extreme situations with "Encounters at the End of the World." In this visually stunning exploration, Herzog travels to the Antarctic community of McMurdo Station, headquarters of the National Science Foundation and home to 1,100 people during the austral summer (Oct-.. Read more
| Starring | werner herzog (narr.), werner herzog, Werner Herzog |
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| Director | Werner Herzog |
| Genres | Documentary |
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Encounters at the End of the World
Werner Herzog confirms his standing as poet laureate of men in extreme situations with "Encounters at the End of the World." In this visually stunning exploration, Herzog travels to the Antarctic community of McMurdo Station, headquarters of the National Science Foundation and home to 1,100 people during the austral summer (Oct-Feb). Over the course of his journey, Herzog examines human nature and Mother nature, juxtaposing breathtaking locations with the profound, surreal, and sometimes absurd experiences of the marine biologists, physicists, plumbers, and truck drivers who choose to form a society as far away from society as one can get.
| Starring | werner herzog (narr.), werner herzog, Werner Herzog |
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| Director | Werner Herzog |
| Studio | Revolver Entertainment |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 39 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 40 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Documentary |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | DVD: 31 Aug 2009 Blu-ray: 31 Aug 2009 Production year: 2009 |
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Werner Herzog: highly amusing and cynical as always. I wouldnt have it any other way
Isolated in the snowy landscape, Werner Herzog, the master of pessimism, travels to the arctic with his digital camera to ask its inhabitants why they choose to... more
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Something very different
If you want to look at our life on this planet in an unusual way, watch this film. There are tragic, mysterious and frightening images next to the weirdnesses... more
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Encounters at the End of the World
- 20 Apr 2009
Christopher McCandless – Emile Hirsch’s character in Into the Wild – would have felt right at home among the philosopher-outsiders Werner Herzog finds in Antarctica in his latest slice of ruminative non-fiction, Encounters at the End of the World. So too might Timothy Treadwell, the doomed bear-loving anti-hero of Herzog’s documentary/horror film, Grizzly Man, or any number of the visionary explorers – like Aguirre, and Fitzcarraldo – who populate his movies. Read more
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