Episode Two in Production

In Episode Two of What Would Herzog Do? we will discuss two more off the required list for Herzog's Rogue Film School: John Huston's The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and Virgil's Georgics. We'll also discuss what might be the best known of Herzog's narrative films, Fitzcarraldo. That film is about a guy who decides to tow a 300 ton ship over a mountain. So that's what Herzog did...without the aid of special effects.

The painting at left is Nocturnal Landscape by Diego Rivera. In a 1999 exhibit of Rivera's work, the painting was described as representing Mexican peasants watching the filming of Treasure of the Sierra Madre, illuminated by the production's massive lights.

Episode One Available

Episode One of What Would Herzog Do? is currently available in streaming format here on the site. It will soon be available for download thru the iTunes store. In our first episode we discuss the project in general, Herzog's film Aguirre: The Wrath of God, and our first cracks at Herzog's reading and viewing lists for his "Rogue Film School"... The True History of the Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Diaz and the film Viva Zapata!, directed by Elia Kazan and starring Marlon Brando. Plus, Werner Herzog vs. Chuck Norris.

When Herzog gets shot, he finishes the interview.