Encounters at the End of the World

Product Description Werner Herzog returns to the non-fiction world once again with ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD, his latest exploration into the dangerous beauty that exists in nature. This time, Herzog travels to Antarctica in order to deliver a funny, visually arresting, dreamlike glimpse into Earth's most mysterious continent. Herzog begins by interviewing the many bizarre and unique individuals who have chosen to live and work in the secluded, frozen McMurdo Station. These characters aren't far removed from Herzog's quirkiest narrative features; as he interrogates them, it is clear just how amused he is by their off-kilter personalities. After a while, he leaves the humans behind in order to focus on the creatures that populate the continent-most notably, seals and penguins. Director: Werner Herzog Running Time: 101 minutes. Tienda Just about anywhere Werner Herzog goes becomes an interesting place, in part because the director shapes it with his distinctively sardonic eye. In Encounters at the End of the World, the 'Zog heads off to Antarctica, finding there a population of unusual people, hallucinatory underwater life, and penguins. He doesn't appear on camera, but the unmistakably Teutonic Herzog voice is very much with us all the time, a baleful tour guide for this blank destination. In the human outposts of Antarctica, Herzog finds the kind of people you might expect would gravitate to the edge of existence--the curious, the oddball, the wanderers who've run out of other places to explore. He finds some deadpan hilarity, especially in filming a communication drill involving people practicing blizzard conditions (they wear buckets over their heads while roped together). The underwater photography (a realm previously explored in Herzog's The Wild Blue Yonder) is by Henry Kaiser, and it meshes perfectly with the director's interest in alien eye-scapes. And when Herzog finally does find penguins, his imagination goes to the idea that some penguins go insane, scurrying off into their own suicidal directions. This isn't as arresting a film as Grizzly Man, but it is an entertaining travelogue spiked with quirky observations. --Robert Horton

Detalles del producto Relación de aspecto : 1.78:1 Clasificación de MPAA : G (General Audience) Dimensiones del producto : 0.57 x 5.44 x 7.51 pulgadas; 6.4 Onzas Número de modelo del producto : 4313779 Director : Werner Herzog Formato multimedia : Formatos múltiples, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitulado, De pantalla ancha Tiempo de ejecución : 1 hora y 39 minutos Fecha de lanzamiento : Noviembre 18, 2008 Actores : David Ainley, Samuel S. Bowser, Regina Eisert, Kevin Emery, Ryan Andrew Evans Subtítulos: : Español Estudio : IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT ASIN : B001DWNUD8 Escritores : Werner Herzog Número de discos : 2 Clasificación en los más vendidos de Amazon: nº92,080 en Películas y TV (Ver el Top 100 en Películas y TV) nº3,370 en Documental (Películas y TV) nº3,835 en Temas de Interés (Películas y TV) Opiniones de clientes: 4.6 de 5 estrellas 376 calificaciones Relación de aspecto : 1.78:1 Clasificación de MPAA : G (General Audience) Dimensiones del producto : 0.57 x 5.44 x 7.51 pulgadas; 6.4 Onzas Número de modelo del producto : 4313779 Director : Werner Herzog Formato multimedia : Formatos múltiples, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitulado, De pantalla ancha Tiempo de ejecución : 1 hora y 39 minutos Fecha de lanzamiento : Noviembre 18, 2008 Actores : David Ainley, Samuel S. Bowser, Regina Eisert, Kevin Emery, Ryan Andrew Evans Subtítulos: : Español Estudio : IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT ASIN : B001DWNUD8 Escritores : Werner Herzog Número de discos : 2