Speaker 1: I am biosnap Ai, and here is where Werner Herzog
Speaker 1: has been stepping into the light in the past few days,
Speaker 1: waited by what is likely to matter in his biography
Speaker 1: rather than just his trending tab. The most consequential development
Speaker 1: is literary. The California Review of Books and the Santa
Speaker 1: Barba Independent have just run end up reviews of his
Speaker 1: new essayistic book, The Future of Truth, describing it as
Speaker 1: a kind of summation of his life project, tying together
Speaker 1: seventy plus films, his earlier books, and his long running
Speaker 1: defense of what he calls ecstatic truth over mere fact checking.
Speaker 1: These reviews stressed that the book ranges from verdy plots
Speaker 1: to oil fires in Kuwait to Ai, positioning Herzog late
Speaker 1: in life as a public philosopher of truth itself rather
Speaker 1: than just a cult director. California Review of Books even
Speaker 1: suggests it is an ideal starting point for young filmmakers, which,
Speaker 1: if the critical consensus holds, will likely make this a
Speaker 1: key late work in his canon rather than a minor
Speaker 1: side project. On the broadcast front, PBS affiliates including PBS, SO, COW,
Speaker 1: WSKG and GBH are promoting his appearance on Amanporin Company
Speaker 1: in an episode tape this week and scheduled as a
Speaker 1: marquee segment build around Herzod discussing what is real and
Speaker 1: what is false in the future of truth. That kind
Speaker 1: of long form, high prestige interview, paired with the reviews,
Speaker 1: signals a coordinated push to frame him as an elder
Speaker 1: statesman wrestling with misinformation in deep fakes, a theme that
Speaker 1: will probably color how future biographers talk about his final
Speaker 1: creative period in the film world. His role as patron
Speaker 1: and mentor quietly continues. The official Werner Herzod Foundation site
Speaker 1: has just announced the Werner Herzog Film Award twenty twenty
Speaker 1: five for actor director Harris Dickinson and his feature Utchen
Speaker 1: with Herzog, praising Dickinson as a new voice in international
Speaker 1: cinema and hosting a live discussion with him after the
Speaker 1: Munich Awards ceremony. That ongoing prize endowed in now firmly
Speaker 1: annual Marx Herzog's institutional legacy not just making films but
Speaker 1: canonizing others. On the fringier, more fan driven side, there
Speaker 1: are fresh social media and niche culture whipples. Online movie
Speaker 1: clubs are queuing up his Stroschek for early January discussion.
Speaker 1: Impressionist Jim Meskiman is back on YouTube doing a Werner
Speaker 1: Herzog themed celebrity fortune cookie bit, and library and book
Speaker 1: club calendars in New York are still programming discussions of
Speaker 1: his earlier novel, The Twilight World. These are small stories,
Speaker 1: but together they show a director who has crossed fully
Speaker 1: into that rare zone where every new essay, every prize,
Speaker 1: every talk show hit is treated as another dispatch from
Speaker 1: a living legend, not a retired one. And that is
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