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Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, A Tale of Life

Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, A Tale of Life

Werner Herzog documentary more than righteous polemic against capital punishment

(4 stars)19 Mar 2012

(12A) 107min In an interview to promote Into the Abyss, the German filmmaker Werner Herzog declares that, ‘it is absolutely clear that the crimes of the persons in my film are monstrous, but the perpetrators are not monsters’. Although Herzog himself…

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Werner Herzog's documentary about the ancient Chauvet-Pont-d-’Arc caves

(3 stars)2 Mar 2011

(15) 90min Cinema’s capacity to transport the viewer into the most extraordinary of locations is memorably illustrated in Werner Herzog’s immersive new documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams in 3D. Back in 1994 the limestone Chauvet-Pont-d-’Arc caves…

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?

(3 stars)7 Sep 2010

(15) 93min Inspired by true events, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done tells the story of Brad Macallum (Michael Shannon), an aspiring actor who commits the crime he is to enact in a Greek tragedy in which he is performing. So here it is. The…

EIFF launches its 2010 programme

EIFF launches its 2010 programme

1 Jun 2010

On the miserable wet morning of Tue 1 June at Filmhouse in Edinburgh, the good the bad and the ugly of Scottish media gathered in surprising numbers for the later-than-usual-launch of the Edinburgh International Film Festival's 2010 programme. In…

Bad Lieutenant – Port Of Call: New Orleans

Bad Lieutenant – Port Of Call: New Orleans

(4 stars)12 May 2010

(18) 121min To misquote Public Enemy: ‘Don’t believe the hype – it’s not a sequel’ The perverse genius that is Werner Herzog may be the only man unhinged enough to remake Abel Ferrara’s sordid, Catholic guilt-heavy, masturbatory, drug fringed fusion…

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Dinotasia
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Werner Herzog narrates this documentary-style film which uses CGI to re-create the world of the dinosaurs.
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1 Jun–7 Jun Fri 1pm; Sat 11am; Sun & Mon 1pm; Tue noon; Wed & Thu 1pm Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee
2 Jun–5 Jun Mon 2pm; Tue 12.45pm; Sat 2.10pm Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow
Grizzly Man
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(4 stars) Herzog's superb documentary about Timothy Treadwell, the troubled and eccentric environmentalist and former actor who sought redemption through dedicating himself to saving grizzly bears, filmed some incredible footage of them and was eventually killed by them. This Conradian portrait of a man coming apart in the middle of nature makes for astounding, disturbing viewing.
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23 Jun–25 Jun Mon 5.50pm; Sat 1.15pm Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow