In honor of Werner Herzog’s birthday, today’s scene that I love comes from one of his best films. 1972’s Aguirre, The Wrath of God not only established Herzog as a major filmmaker but it also showed that he was the director who could get the best out of the notoriously difficult Klaus Kinski.
In this scene, Kinski plays the mad conquistador, Aguirre. Lost with his men in the Amazon, Aguirre establishes control over the dwindling expedition.
4 Or More Shots From 4 Or More Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!
Today, the Shattered Lens wishes a happy birthday to one our favorite directors, the great Werner Herzog! It’s time for….
8 Shots From 8 Werner Herzog Films
Fata Morgana (1971, dir by Werner Herzog, DP: Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein)
Aguirre The Wrath of God (1972, dir by Werner Herzog. DP: Thomas Mauch)
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974, dir by Werner Herzog, DP: Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein)
Stroszek (1977, dir by Werner Herzog, DP: Thomas Mauch)
Woyzeck (1979, dir by Werner Herzog, DP: Jorg Schmidt-Reitwein)
Nosferatu The Vampyre (1979, dir by Werner Herzog, DP: Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein)
Fitzcarraldo (1982, dir by Werner Herzog, DP: Thomas Mauch)
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009, dir by Werner Herzog, DP: Peter Ziedlinger)
As some of our regular readers undoubtedly know, I am involved in a few weekly watch parties. On Twitter, I host #FridayNightFlix every Friday and I co-host #ScarySocial on Saturday. On Mastodon, I am one of the five hosts of #MondayActionMovie! Every week, we get together. We watch a movie. We tweet our way through it.
Tonight, at 10 pm et, I will be hosting #FridayNightFlix! The movie? John Carpenter’s They Live!
If you want to join us this Friday, just hop onto twitter, find They Live on Prime, start the movie at 10 pm et, and use the #FridayNightFlix hashtag! I’ll be there happily tweeting. It’s a friendly group and welcoming of newcomers so don’t be shy.
See you there!
The Caine Mutiny (1954, dir by Edward Dmytryk, DP: Franz Planer)
Today’s scene that I love comes from 1954’s The Caine Mutiny.
In this scene, Captain Queeg (Humphrey Bogart) is cross-examined by Barney Greenwald (Jose Ferrer). The court martial concerns whether or not an officer under Queeg’s command was justified in taking over the ship from Queeg. Greenwald, tasked with defending the head mutineer, knows that the only way to win the case is to expose Queeg himself as a paranoid and unstable officer. Greenwald does his job but he’s not happy about it.
This scene, directed by Edward Dmytryk, features both Bogart and Ferrer at their absolute best.
4 Or More Shots From 4 Or More Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!
117 years ago, on this date in Columbia, Canada, director Edward Dmytryk was born. Today, we honor this underrated filmmaker with….
4 Shots From 4 Edward Dmytryk Films
Murder, My Sweet (1944, dir by Edward Dmytryk, DP: Harry J. Wild)
Crossfire (1947, dir by Edward Dmytryk, DP: J. Roy Hunt)
The Caine Mutiny (1954, dir by Edward Dmytryk, DP: Franz Planer)
The Carpetbaggers (1964, dir by Edward Dmytryk, DP: Joseph MacDonald)
Born in extremely humble circumstances on September 3, 1913, in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Alan Ladd would eventually become a successful film star of the 1940’s and 1950’s. He passed away at just 50 years of age on January 29, 1964. I’ve enjoyed many of his films in the past so today I celebrate the man with 4 shots from some of his notable films. Thanks for the memories, Alan!
Hi, everyone! Tonight, on Mastodon, I will be hosting the #TubiThursday watch party! Join us for 1987’s Dance or Die!
You can find the movie on Tubi and you can join us on Mastodon at 9 pm central time! (That’s 10 pm for you folks on the East Coast.) We will be using #TubiThursday hashtag! See you then!
Today’s scene that I love comes from the surrealistic 1968 musical, Head. It features Davy Jones dancing with the wonderful Toni Basil.
Enjoy and try not to cry because it’s a seriously sad song.
I first saw Salma Hayek when her character was introduced in DESPERADO (1995). It’s fair to say I’ve considered her one of the most beautiful women in the world ever since. Happy Birthday, Salma, and enjoy my friends!
Today’s scene that I love comes from Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. In this scene, the very first nuclear bomb is detonated and history is changed forever. Nolan captures the mix of pride and outright horror as the most deadly weapon of all is tested for the very first time. In much the same way that some of us cannot resist the chance to stare directly at a solar eclipse, Cillian Murphy’s Oppenheimer cannot help but stare directly at what he has helped to create.
Through the Shattered Lens 