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David J. Schow sent along this link to a CBS Sunday Morning interview with  Werner Herzog — an uncut extended conversation with TCM’s Ben Mankiewicz. Herzog’s not in fun-curmudgeon mode this time. He loves America, and even Los Angeles!

Herzog starts out explaining that he’s never owned a cell phone. The talk segues to the subject of AI and takes off from there. It’s apparently part of an effort to promote a book named after a familiar Herzog tagline, Every Man for Himself and God Against All.

The 90-minute talk is not all gold, but there’s a gem of a thought every couple of minutes. We get to hear the story of how Werner stole expropriated his first movie camera. About half an hour in he discusses the legacy of Naziism in Germany… not soon afterward he talks about meeting Klaus Kinski!

We still haven’t seen all the films in the giant Blu-ray box  Herzog: The Collection.

 

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Ah yes — upcoming CineSavant reviews. The choice is daunting. I’ve put together a quick list of what’s in the review hopper, as they show up on my chronological chart. In hand are tempting discs of . . .

 

 Tattooed Life (Radiance, September 9),

 The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell (Kino, November 5),

 The Visitors (Kino, November 19),

 Mountains of the Moon (Kino, November 26 Curious about this one),

 Paris Texas (Criterion, December 3),

 Blood and Lace (Kino Cult, December 10),

 Hatari 4K (Kino, December 10),

 Mr. Lucky (Warner Archive, December 17),

 The Killer Is Loose (Kino, December 17),

 The Spanish Main (Warner Archive, December 31),

 Yojimbo + Sanjuro 4K (Criterion, January 7),

 The Grifters 4K (Criterion, January 21),

 Underworld Beauty (Radiance, January 25),

 Winchester ’73 4K (Criterion, January 28).

 

I’m thinking of buying-to-review the much-praised  Godzilla Minus One, but I’m not at all sure that I have anything interesting to say about it. Expected in the review hopper soon but not yet here are discs of . . .

 

 Monk’s Last Case (Kino),

 The Lion in Winter (Lionsgate Vintage Classic),

 Miracle Mile (Kino),

 Invasion of the Bee Girls (Kino Cult),

 The Wages of Fear (Criterion),

 Godzilla vs. Biollante 4K (Criterion),

 Night Moves 4K (Criterion),

 Shattered Glass ([Imprint]),

 

Thanks for reading! — Glenn Erickson