A powerful chapter in human history is made melodramatic and dull through Matej Minac’s indulgence of hokey reenactments and sound-augmented archival footage.
These are fundamentally directors’ films, but any discussion of them has to come back to the lead performances.
Herzog’s world is harsh and cruel, dominated by a violent natural order in which humanity’s place is precarious at best.
It’s all about love.
Werner Herzog’s symphonic use of native chants compliments the evocative use of stock footage from the war.