Tag Archives: werner herzog

Burden of Dreams (1982)

Posted on November 29, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Les Bank Writer: Michael Goodwin Fascinating look at the making of the Werner Herzog film Fitzcarraldo.

Posted in Documentary | Tagged 1982, amazon, behind the scenes, chaos, cinema, claudia cardinale, documentary, epic, film, filmmaker, filmmaking, fitzcarraldo, german, jason robards, klaus kinski, les blank, making of, michael goodwin, mick jagger, movie, peru, production, werner herzog | Leave a comment

Life Itself (2014)

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Steve James

Posted in Documentary | Tagged 2014, a.o. scott, alcoholic, ava duvernay, biography, cancer, chaz ebert, chicago, critic, culture, death, documentary, errol morris, film critic, gene siskel, hospital, ill, journalism, journalist, life, life itself, martin scorsese, pulitzer prize, ramin bahrani, roger ebert, sick, siskel & ebert, siskel and ebert, steve james, steven zaillian, werner herzog | Leave a comment

Jack Reacher (2012)

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Christopher McQuarrie Writer: Christopher McQuarrie (Based on a book by Lee Child) Pretty good! I enjoyed it!

Posted in Action, Drama, Thriller | Tagged action, affair, army, army police, assassin, christopher mcquarrie, cop, crime, david oyelowo, drama, investigation, jack reacher, lee child, murder, police, real estate, richard jenkins, robert duvall, rosamund pike, sniper, thriller, tom cruise, werner herzog | Leave a comment

Into the Abyss (2011)

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Werner Herzog Writer: Werner Herzog A look at a real life murder case in Texas with interviews with the inmates on death row who committed the crime. Herzog takes a very clear anti-death sentence stance and spends the film … Continue reading →

Posted in Documentary, Drama, Uncategorized | Tagged documentary, into the abyss, murder, prison, true story, werner herzog | Leave a comment