First I will address my absence, I’m sorry. I’ve been rather busy and well just lazy. That is all.
Now to Werner Herzog. I have to admit that I didn’t really know of Herzog until today. I have not (to my knowledge) seen any of his movies, nor do I think I have a desire to see them. I am not one of those film buffs that obsess over directors and how great they are (unless we are talking Kevin Smith and Scorsese.) But I now love Werner Herzog.
He’s a bad ass! And not in the way some morons think that flippin’ Quentin Tarantino is a “bad ass.” Herzog is a crazy, psycho bad ass. Now you’re probably asking yourself “why is this guy such a bad ass?” Well I will tell you. Herzog was shot during an interview and not flinching decided to go on with the interview saying, “It was not a significant bullet. I am not afraid”.
How cool is that? I mean really people. Not many people can or would do that. It’s amazing!
Not only is he a bad ass, but he’s a good Samaritan as well. In 2006 Joaquin Phoenix flipped his car, Shaken and confused, Phoenix heard a tapping on his window and a voice say, “Just relax”. Unable to see the man, Phoenix replied, “I’m fine. I am relaxed”. Then managed to see that the man was Werner Herzog, and Herzog replied, ‘No, you’re not’. After helping Phoenix out of the wreckage, Herzog phoned in an ambulance and vanished.
That just adds to the coolness! I mean it’s mysterious and generous. Normal people would be freaking out, not to mention that they probably would have stayed to make sure the ambulance arrived and everything was okay, but not Herzog. So bad ass.
Okay, so he’s German and that might have something to do with his bad assness, but maybe not. All I know is that I now strive to be a little more like Werner Herzog.
On the Road in a Howling, Windblown World 