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Tickets: (812) 855-1103
Werner Herzog
Aguirre, Wrath of God
(1972)
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Directed by Werner Herzog
Monday - September 10 - 7:00 p.m.
Klaus Kinski stars as a Spanish conquistador who uses
tyranny and his over-inflated ego to lead an ill-fated
trip down the Amazon in search of the fabled riches
of El Dorado. Featuring some of Werner Herzog's
most complex and intricately staged camera set-ups,
as well as authentic and treacherous on-location
settings, Kinski strips away the veneer of his fearless,
entitled leader to reveal abject terror and an almost
hallucinatory progression towards insanity. Both Herzog
and Kinski push themselves to their breaking points
to reveal a man simultaneously drunk on power and
feverishly unable to maintain a grasp on the escalating
breakdown of his fortunes. (2K DCP. 93 min. Not
rated.) World Premiere 2K DCP screening.
Land of Silence and Darkness
(1971)
Directed by Werner Herzog
Sunday - September 9 - 3:00 p.m.
Fini Straubinger is afflicted with both deafness
and blindness. Werner Herzog introduces us to
monumental undertakings in Fini's life, that for most
of us are reflexive motions that require minimal effort
or consideration. We follow Fini as she attends various
events in the deaf-blind community and can almost
feel the sense of isolation. Her interactions with her
peers and their methods for communication are a clear
reminder of the essential need for touch. The film is
a heartfelt rumination of how much of an individual's
identity is entwined in sensory output and input.
(DigiBeta. 85 min. Not rated.)
Fitzcarraldo
(1982)
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Directed by Werner Herzog
Wednesday - September 12 - 7:00 p.m.
With a production filled with legend, this epic is full
of vast shots of wide-open spaces, people trying to
succeed at the near impossible and the proclivity of
some men to set out to conquer the unconquerable.
Klaus Kinski is Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, a man with
big aspirations and little achievement to validate
his grandiosity. Like Aguirre before him, Fitzgerald
becomes fixated on the realization of an improbable
goal: the erection of a posh opera house in a small
Peruvian city. With hopeful financing to come from
the lucrative demand for rubber, Fitzgerald attempts
to drag a very large steamer up the Amazon for the
exportation of rubber trees. The local natives play both
a vital and detrimental role in Fitzgerald's dreams of
ascending to greatness. (2K DCP. 158 min. Rated PG.)
World Premiere 2K DCP screening.
Patten Lecture
Werner Herzog
The Search for Ecstatic Truth
Tuesday - Sept. 11 - 7:30 p.m.
Whittenberger Auditorium
Tickets: (812) 855-1103