Ben
Meyers’ rating: 4.6|5.0 Starsìììì
Into the Inferno—Werner Herzog documentary—Wow! Bravo! Top Notch in
its presentation, thoroughness, camera work. The documentary weaves the past,
the present, and the future into one seamless, unapologetic bond. It acknowledges
the reckless along with the wise. It uplifts folklore and binds it with
science. It unites the spectacular with the sufficient. The documentary establishes
reality of our world, polarity, and makes it all...all right…the ways we cope according to our understanding. It takes
a dip into the late Maurice and Katia Krafft’s lives while allowing Clive Oppenheimer
full access to living explication…uniting death with life. This is an amazing
piece of work…pragmatic is too weak of a word to describe this amazing work. This
movie works at a high level of culture and offsets it with the mundane. Watch
for the tour of North Korea…even that inclusion is an artistic juxtaposition of
power with power-less-ness.
Film Poster Courtesy of Wikipedia
Storyline
A thorough look at vulcanism from the scientific
viewpoint, from the religious viewpoint, and from the ‘facts known’ viewpoint.
Additional
Thanks
Thank you to Director Werner Herzog for directing
effort. Thank you to Producers André Singer and Lucki Stipetic for making the film possible.
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes. This documentary does a beautiful job of weaving
the past with the present and the future in one seamless, timeful presentation
that neither offends nor apologizes. It accomplishes unification of opposites
with no messages attached...artistically creative with the most unlikely of subject matter.
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Ben Meyers
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