Werner Herzog is a fascinating director. He creates documentaries that are unlike any other. While other drirectors tackle recent issues, he makes documentaries that deal with the big issues in life. His latest film deals with the question, "Why would somebody leave it all behind and decide to work and live at the South Pole?". He visits a base at the Pole, he asks the questions and we meet a unique group of outcasts (scientists, plmbers, truck drivers) who are driven to live outside the norm. They all wanted to escape. They are people who did not fit in and took a drastic way out.
The concept is better explained when Herzog shows us a penguin who for some unknown reason, leaves the flock and decides to head for the mountains. Herzog tells that even if we got a hold of the penguin and placed back in the flock, it would head for the mountain (and certain death) again. He asks, is the penguin crazy? A big question, indeed.
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My favorite genre of movies are documentaries. This one looks really interesting.
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