Life in the oceans must be sheer hell. A vast, merciless hell of permanent and immediate danger. So much of hell that during evolution some species—including man—crawled, fled onto some small continents of solid land, where the Lessons Of Darkness continue.
— Werner Herzog, The Minnesota Declaration: Werner Herzog’s 12 Rules For Truth In Film
Many of his 12 Rules contain wisdom applicable beyond the world of film.
As demonstrated throughout his masterful documentary Grizzly Man, and as the quote above demonstrates quite well, Herzog’s outlook naturally unveils the disquieting truths about even the most innocuous of subjects, viz.:
Hat tip to the Transom, to which you should be subscribing.
Very strange that two websites I check daily should have two different Herzog-narrated videos on them, on the same day! Here and at Dinosaur Comics. His narration is excellent and weird. I confess I like Garrison Keillor’s voice better, if not always his perspective.