(March 6, 2015 at 6:42 am)abaris Wrote: Yeah, I've watched it some time ago. Werner Herzog is a great film maker and the whole series he did abut death row inmates is worth watching. What strikes me more about this guy than his obvious absence of any real motif to kill, is how normal his life had been up to that point.
If you can watch it, I would recommend the interview with George Rivas, leader of the Texas Seven, now executed. Rivas comes over as a soft spoken, intelligent guy. You never would expect someone like this to make a living out of robbing stores. Cause that's what he did.
Slightly off topic...
Herzog made a great film about Tim Treadwell who thought he was an 'expert' on Bears until he got eaten by one. Grizzly Man is a fantastic and chilling documentary. A world away from the still brilliant Kaspar Hauser or Heart of Glass.
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"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
