Blog: Nothing But Green Lights

Werner Herzog continues his quest for ecstatic truth in Encounters at The End of the World. The Academy Award nominated documentary shares the lives of people shaken down to Antarctica, interviews matched with choral-led underwater photography. Herzog's voice and narrative echoes through the film; colorful characters struggle to match his omniscient pronouncements. It's an ideal introduction to his work: light-hearted, yet deep and occasionally surreal, revealing that his art, above all, is storytelling and discovering great epiphanies. Herzog pushes imagination and dreams so far that such questions fall flat. It's balanced, stark and perfect for a winter when the last [...]