MetallaroBuono

An important film, beautiful, but not a masterpiece in my opinion. Lynch is one of my absolute favorite directors, and I find that he has reached the peak of his art (so far) with the recent Mulholland Drive (a film I don’t hesitate to place among the greatest of all time, odradek!). In Wild at Heart, there are more than a few drops in rhythm and a bit of redundancy (the meat put on the fire is a bit too much in my opinion). Ultimately, it’s a film in which a volcanic and idea-rich Lynch tends to overdo it a bit, losing measure at times, and ultimately adds a bit of sharp irony and kitsch to the previous Blue Velvet (is it spelled kitsch? Who knows...). But it’s a must-see. Guevo, between Herzog and Lynch two out of two, I guess we have the same tastes :D

The vote! It was so-so...

ahahah the pacifist ministry!!! A bunch of jerks making tons of money!!! ahahah! but you're a natural comic, a public health doctor! Antibushism is trendy for the ministry!?!?!? You're a clown, they were playing before you were even born! I quite enjoyed the album in question, I think it's better than the previous animositisomina and it's the best since psalm 69. The best of the ministry, however, is all before psalm! And anyway, cheers to Jourgensen!

So I think it's a problem of conflicting sources, and I really don't know which one is right ;-) According to Herzog's biography I have on hand at the moment, Fata Morgana was shot between November 1968 and December 1969: all edited and produced in 1970 and not in 1971 as I mistakenly said before, the same year as the dwarfs then. However, for me (and you too!) a film is a film not when the shooting starts, but when it’s finished being edited and post-production is completed. However, in this biography, I just read that Herzog's first feature film would be a certain Lebenszeichen from 1967 - of which I knew nothing! - awarded the Silver Bear for Best First Film at the Berlin Festival in 1968. So it looks like we both messed up! ;-) Well, at least I revisited Herzog's biography with great pleasure and learned something new!

beautiful also apocalypse in the desert!

El Guevo, since you asked me, I went to look at Herzog's filmography and I see 1970 for the dwarfs and 1971 for Fata Morgana. But I have absolutely no intention of stirring up controversies, who cares! :) The dwarfs was shot in the Canary Islands, which was also the setting for some scenes of Fata Morgana. As for the amorality and perversion of the dwarfs, I completely agree; the film is truly disturbing. I wasn't aware of the particular circumstances under which that film was made, but all of Herzog's filmography is accompanied by extreme situations and conditions. As I mentioned before, he was an adventurer before he was a director; just think of everything that surrounded the making of Fitzcarraldo. A colleague of mine met him personally during a film festival dedicated to him that took place in Bologna quite a few years ago: Herzog showed up in the room with a backpack on his back!

MP should tell us what the difference is between this and one of his reviews.

oh yes ;-)

ajeje: for me the best is Aguirre. But Fitzcarraldo is also worth watching.

prisoners of their clichés, trapped within themselves without hope, in a crisis of inspiration, unbearable to me already after *il vile* (which I still like).