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Encounters at the End of the World (2008)
description written by member Zara:
Celebrated documentary filmmaker Werner Herzog takes you on a wild and woolly journey to the South Pole, from the National Science Foundation's headquarters on Ross Island to some of Antarctica's most remote and dangerous terrain. With a keen eye for the wonders and sometimes hilarious peculiarities of this icy land's animal and human inhabitants, Herzog offers an astounding look at the world's most inhospitable landscape.
| Release Date: | June 13th, 2008 |
| MPAA Rating: | G |
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| Encounters at the End of the World Movie Review by Movie Addict (1/9/2009) |
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This is so much more than a travelogue about Antarctica. Beside the visually stunning beauty that we may have seen before, it goes deeper in exploring and presenting the history of the continent and the people who work there. This is it's greatest achievement. Why would someone work in a place like that? We meet so many...
(complete Encounters at the End of the World review by Movie Addict)
| Encounters at the End of the World Movie Review by E (8/23/2008) |
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In both his fiction and documentary films, filmmaker Werner Herzog delights in bizarre journeys. He's given us a hopeless Spanish expedition in the cult classic Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972), a German's questionable move to Wisconsin in Stroszek (1977), an ascent to a vampire's castle in Nosferatu (1979)—I could go on...
(complete Encounters at the End of the World review by E)
| Encounters at the End of the World Movie Review by Ben (7/3/2008) |
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As a movie buff, I have to admit that it is shameful on my part that I have not seen more of Werner Herzog's films. The only other film of his I have seen to this date is "Grizzly Man," a brilliant documentary about Timothy Treadwell and his obsession with the grizzly bears that later turned fatal. And like all brilliant...
(complete Encounters at the End of the World review by Ben)
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