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Review: "The Hunter"Video: Werner Herzog Saves Joaquin Phoenix
Coinciding with today's DVD release of Werner Herzog's "My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?" is an animated short titled "When Herzog Rescued Phoenix" depicting the time that the German filmmaker saved Joaquin Phoenix from an accident when the actor-turned-"I'm Still Here" subject flipped his car. The story is true, one of the many strange tales making up the legend of Herzog, and occurred back in January 2006. In fact, the short features audio narration by the filmmaker, presumably from an old interview. The visuals were done by Sascha Ciezata, who previously made "When Lynch Met Lucas," employing real audio of David Lynch talking about being considered to direct "Return of the Jedi." Watch the clip after the jump and let me know if you agree that "I'm Still Here" would have been better with Herzog at the helm. Or at least with him providing narration.
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4 Comments
Ryan Sprague | September 21, 2010 1:41 AM
First off, don't be bad mouthing Herzog for saving someone, the fact that he was willing to get out of his car and put himself in danger is more than most people would be willing to do. And he's the fucking man for stopping Joaquin from causing an explosion while trying to smoke a cigarette (who even does that when they're in a car wreck?) and then BREAKING rear view mirror! That's fucking epic! This animation didn't do the story justice. I demand justice. lulz...
First Look Studios | September 15, 2010 6:36 AM
Check out the original version of Werner Herzog's response to David Lynch's question about Werner saving Joaquin Phoenix's life from the MY SON, MY SON, WHAT HAVE YE DONE? social media press day! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQzvpnmh4H8
First Look Studios | September 15, 2010 6:34 AM
Check out the original version as well <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lQzvpnmh4H8?fs=1&hl=en_US"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lQzvpnmh4H8?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>
Blu | September 15, 2010 1:03 AM
Nice how he only saved the famous guy.