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EP.218 - WERNER HERZOG

THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST

06-02-2024 • 1 hr 28 mins

Adam talks with legendary German filmmaker, writer and actor Werner Herzog about AI poetry, email etiquette, why LA is like ancient Rome, the Japanese soldier who hid in the jungle believing the 2nd World War was still happening for 29 years, the value of therapy and whether trauma and conflict are best dealt with or buried, what his problem is with David Blaine and why someone needs to send Werner into orbit.

Conversation recorded remotely on 8th December 2023

Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and conversation editing.

Podcast artwork by Helen Green

Music and jingles by Adam Buxton, except pan-pipe clip from Aguirre, L'Acrime di Rei by Popul Vuh

ADAM BUXTON PODCAST TOUR 2024

RELATED LINKS

ADAM BUXTON ON GET SHIRTY PODCAST - 2024 (HARDMAN AND HEMMING WEBSITE)

HERZOG ON THE VILENESS OF THE AMAZON JUNGLE(From Burden Of Dreams) - 1982 (YOUTUBE)

THE WHITE DIAMOND Directed by Werner Herzog - 2004 (YOUTUBE)

LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY Directed by Werner Herzog - 1997 (YOUTUBE)

LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY - NAPALM THROAT SINGING SCENE- 1997 (YOUTUBE)

A scene from Little Dieter featuring music from Russian Tuvan throat singer Kogar-ol Ondar

LESSONS OF DARKNESS Directed by Werner Herzog - 1992 (YOUTUBE)

Retreating from Kuwait after the first Gulf War, the Iraqi army sets fire to the country's oil fields. In this documentary, filmmaker Werner Herzog films the raging flames while narrating from the perspective of a confused alien visitor, musing on the strangeness of the landscape.

WERNER HERZOG IS VOICING A POETRY COLLECTION WRITTEN ENTIRELY BY AN AI - 2023 (DAZED)

HERZOG ON THE HENRY ROLLINS SHOW (plus Frank Black singing 'I Burn Today') - 2006 (YOUTUBE)

TEENAGERS' MATHS AND READING SKILLS ARE DROPPING SHARPLY (ACCORDING TO 2022 'PISA' TEST) - 2023 (WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM)

DOMITABLE MYTH: THREE DEPICTIONS OF JAPANESE HOLDOUT SOLDIER by A.E.Hunt - 2023 (INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION)


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