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The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
(1974) Directed by Werner Herzog
Sunday - September 16 - 3:00 p.m.
Kaspar Hauser lived the first seventeen years
of his life chained in a dark cellar, to emerge
in Nuremberg as if he had fallen from another
planet. He has no concept of this world, but is
rescued by a man who attempts to transform
him through education, religion and music.
Because of his unorthodox approach to
religion and logic, Hauser remains an outcast.
Based on a true story, Werner Herzog's lead
character was formed from actual letters
found with Hauser, as well as from the
essence of his extraordinary, untrained actor,
Bruno Schleinstein, whose own life shared
similarities with that of Kaspar. The film won
the Grand Jury Prize at the 1975 Cannes Film
Festival. (DigiBeta. 110 min. Not rated.)
Into the Abyss
(2011)
Directed by Werner Herzog
Sunday - September 16 - 6:30 p.m.
In his fascinating exploration of a triple
homicide case in Conroe, Texas, Werner Herzog
probes the human psyche to explore why
people kill--and why a state kills. In intimate
conversations with those involved, including
28-year-old death row inmate Michael Perry,
Herzog achieves what he describes as "a gaze
into the abyss of the human soul." Herzog's
inquiries also extend to the families of the
victims and perpetrators as well as a state
executioner and pastor who've been with
death row prisoners as they've taken their final
breaths. As he's so often done before, Herzog's
investigation unveils layers of humanity, making
an enlightening trip out of ominous territory.
(35mm. 107 min. Rated PG-13.)
Nosferatu the Vampyre
(1979) Directed by Werner Herzog
Friday - September 14 - 11:59 p.m.
A chillingly enigmatic Klaus Kinski stars as Count Dracula in Werner Herzog's hypnotic homage to
F.W. Murnau's 1922 classic of German Expressionism. Recalling his earlier Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
(1974) and Heart of Glass (1976), Herzog's version of the Dracula mythos depicts a world where the
only thing more sublimely frightening than an undead vampire is the thin veneer separating rational,
bourgeois society from utter madness. Also starring Bruno Ganz and Isabelle Adjani as Jonathan and
Lucy Harker, Nosferatu represents Dracula as another Herzogian existential (anti-)hero, trailing the
terrors of nature in his wake while also unveiling the destructive superstitions at civilization's margins.
(2K DCP. 107 min. Rated PG.) World Premiere 2K DCP screening.
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