Movie Review | 'Walking to Werner': On the Road
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The documentary âWalking to Wernerâ is a deeply self-reflexive work, perpetually at risk of disappearing into its own iris.
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Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
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Anyone taking a road trip to follow the Hoover family's route in the Academy Award-nominated "Little Miss Sunshine" should be forewarned: The movie shows the family driving hundreds of miles out of their way.
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Cinema&#39;s self-styled  anthropologist, Werner Herzog, whose &quot;Grizzly Man&quot; emerged as  one of 2005&#39;s more intriguing documentaries, returns with  another unique travelogue.
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The yet-untitled film will deal with adventure sports.
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Itâs no disgrace that âAlmost an Evening,â the new bill of bite-size plays by Ethan Coen, lives up to the modesty of its title.
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Golden Compass is no Harry Potter; but the film is an interesting watch.
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The journey of Henry Winterstern is a classic tale of Hollywoodâs irresistible lure and the hubris that so often leads to a sudden demise.
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Religion isnât easy, but itâs rarely looked tougher than it does in this intimate and disturbing film.
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This Hollywood film is a time-pass fun flick.
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The Hitler of the film is almost a heroic figure who refuses to flee or capitulate. A new film about Hitler&#39;s last days is a conventional human drama that is dividing German opinion, writes Mark Landler.
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I met an old friend for coffee in San Francisco yesterday afternoon, and had a few hours to kill before stopping in at the Wired reunion party. I didn't want to drive back to Berkeley because the weather was so crummy, and I was just across teh street from a movie theater and was just in time for the start of a movie that lots of people had been telling me to see. So I went. The movie -- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, I had no idea what it was about until the movie started, then I remembered hearing a Fresh Air show about it and finding it too painful to listen to. Now here I was in the theater, not just being asked to listen to it, but being asked to live it. Through some very wonderful film-making, you feel as if what is happening to the main character is happening to you. Or more accurately, probably, you get the slightest hint of what it's like to be this person. My immediate impulse, one which I gave serious consideration to, was to pack up my things and leave. Anything would be better than spending three hours living this guy's life.  Two things happen over time: 1. You get over it. 2. They change perspective, and instead of being inside his body, you move outside it.  I think those two things are the story we all live as we mature and learn to live inside our own bodies, with their limits. You learn to step outside and see the humor in your predicament. The main character says he lives in a diving bell because it's as hard for him to communicate with other people as it would be at the bottom of the ocean inside a diving bell. The movie teaches that it's not much easier for the rest of us, even though we can manipulate symbols better. On the other hand, of course it is. The film develops a relationship between the hero and his father, between the hero and his own children, his ex-wife, his lover.  We strive for deeper understanding of ourselves and each other. But it may be ridiculously easy to find the only meaning that exists, without language, without intellect, by just being. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly should probably be the picture of the year for 2007, it's that good. But like all great art it shows you something truthful about yourself, and you may or may not want to see it.
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Director Werner Herzog  is no stranger to exotic location shoots.
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The film has many an interesting nugget about it.
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There is a thin line separating visionaries from fools, and Billy Bob Thornton walks it adroitly in âThe Astronaut Farmer.â
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There is plenty of sorrow to be found in âInto the Wild.â But though the filmâs structure may be tragic, its spirit is anything but.
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Bruno S., Walter Ladengast, Brigitte Mira. Directed by Werner Herzog. Written by Werner Herzog.