Anyone see "The Wild Blue Yonder" by Werner Herzog?

[bif]

What did you think of it?

[mitchum]

1. It is absolutely horrible...and I'm a huge Herzog fan

It is the worst film he has ever made.

[bif]

2. I agree. What was he thinking?

Take some boring footage from NASA. Outakes from "Encounters at the End of the World" and make a Sci-Fi movie out of it.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

6. This diving footage was the inspiration for "Encounters.."

I *think* that somebody he met working on 'Grizzy Man' had shot the diving footage, showed it to Herzog and he decided to incorporate it into a project. This initially became 'Wild Blue Yonder', but the itch to go to Antarctica emerged from there.

I agree the NASA footage grates, but found everything with Brad Dourif's alien compelling and the reimagining of the sub-ice diving as otherworldly really worked for me.

Have you seen 'Fata Morgana' or 'Lessons of Darkness'? The three kindof form a trilogy of 'alien documentaries' by Herzog. The former is pretty oblique (and wanders into banality); the latter, though, is just sublime-
ie: http://www.strimoo.com/video/14788720/Lessons-of-Darkness-1992-by-Werner-Herzog-Veoh.html

[bif]

7. I've seen both

"Lessons of Darkness" is fascinating and horrifying at the same time. Very cool film. I'm a huge fan of Herzog's. I'm working my way through all the Netflix films I haven[t seen yet. I may pass on the Wagner Opera film though.

[AngryAmish]

3. I heard the song "Wild Blue Yonder" by the Screaming Blue Messiahs

[Gabi Hayes]

4. THANK YOU! reminded me of this, one of my favorite songs:

http://www.google.com/search?q=john+hiatt+child+of+the+wild+blue+yonder&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&ie=utf8&oe=utf8

listening to it now online, cause I can't find the audiotape of the album

[bif]

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