Encounters at the End of the World (2007)

Director:

Werner Herzog

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

Filmmaker Werner Herzog travels to Antarctica to capture its landscape's rarely seen beauty on film. |

Plot Keywords:

Volcano | Underwater | Narration | Antarctica | Penguin

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Cast

Ryan Andrew Evans	...	Himself - Production Cook
Werner Herzog	...	Narrator

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:G | Canada:PG | Canada:G (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario/Québec)

Filming Locations:

Antarctica

Company:

Discovery Films

Movie Connections:

Features Them! (1954)

Quirky film of ice and snow

I had no expectations for this new film from Werner Herzog. I have seen many of this maverick filmmakers films before and some are good and some didn't quite live up to Herzog's previous efforts. "Encounters at the End of the World" was very interesting and funny. Now, I admit that I have never seen a film made in Antarctica, so I knew I would at least enjoy the visuals that Herzog has found on his journeys. This film, however, was full of very interesting and funny and quirky people who live in Antarctica. It is so far away and so cold, that probably, the truly insane and/or adventurous go there to get away from the rest of us in our big cities and such. The visuals of life in Antarctica and life under the ice were quite moving and powerful. I will never go to Antarctica, but thanks to Mr. Herzog, I do not have to!