A group of astronauts is orbiting around the Earth in their spaceship, unable to land because the planet has become unfit for living due to adverse conditions. On the other hand, wild, blue Yonders, an alien race, have been living on the Earth for decades. Their earlier attempts to make this place their home have failed. The narrator in the film is Brad Dourif, one of the aliens, who tells us how centuries of the Earthlings’ attempts to find their home somewhere else have also given no result. By using extraordinary images and music, Herzog managed to create an incredible imaginary world, and also to send a strong criticism to our self-destructive civilization, reminding us to keep our precious and only treasure – the planet Earth.
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog was born in Munich in 1942. He grew up in a remote mountain village in Bavaria and studied History and German Literature in Munich and Pittsburgh. He made his first film in 1961 at the age of 19. Since then he has produced, written, and directed more than sixty feature and documentary films, such as Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Nosferatu (1978), Fitzcarraldo (1982), Lessons of Darkness (1992), Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997), My Best Fiend (1999), Invincible (2000), Grizzly Man (2005), Encounters at the End of the World (2007), Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010). Werner Herzog has published more than a dozen books of prose, and directed as many operas. Werner Herzog lives in Munich and Los Angeles.
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The Wild Blue Yonder
France, Germany
2005, 81', color, 35 mm
Directed by:
Werner Herzog
Screenplay by:
Werner Herzog
Cinematography:
Tanja Koop, Henry Kaiser, Klaus Scheurich, astronauti STS-34
Edited by:
Joe Bini
Music:
Ernst Reijseger
Producers:
Jean – Francois Boyer, Andre Singer
Produced by:
Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, West Park Pictures - Tetra Media
