Herz aus Glass

Heart of Glass is a German film directed by Werner Herzog in 1976.

It's set in 18th century Bavaria. As to not spoil the story, a tiny village in Bavaria makes glass and the man who ran the glassworks dies and therefore the village loses vital knowledge: how to make ruby glass.

There is also a guy that makes predictions who comes from the mountains. The entire cast were hypnotised, so this is said to be one of Herzog's experimental films. It's a very strange film with crazy characters as you can imagine.

This film does require viewers to be awake. It can be interpreted as why people follow others. The blind leading the blind. Throughout the film, there is some fantastic scenery from Yellowstone Park in America, and the Skellig islands in Ireland.

Mein Liebster Feind

My Best Fiend or "My Dearest Enemy". This is a documentary from 1999 that shows the working relationship between actor Klaus Kinski and director Werner Herzog.

This actor/director collaboration created 5 films together: Cobra Verde, Fitzcarraldo, Aguirre, Wrath of God, Nosferatu, and Woyzeck.

As always, Werner Herzog documentaries are fantastic, with beautiful shots, and really capture the audience. I could listen to Herzog's voice for hours. It has this really calming, introspective quality that really allows you to find tranquillity within yourself. I guess I'm always in the mood for something like this.

This is a huge insight not only into their relationship but shows you a lot of how the films were made, behind the scenes camera-man footage, as well as Klaus going absolutely crazy in furious tantrums.

Yes I do have the boxset version of the DVD, I just figured I could swap the cover around and get the first edition cover(?)