Speaker 1: The big headline everywhere right now is that Werner Herzog
Speaker 1: has just been named the recipient of the prestigious Golden
Speaker 1: Lion for lifetime Achievement at the eighty second Venice International
Speaker 1: Film Festival this August, and he is anything butt mellow
Speaker 1: about it, according to The rap Herzog himself emphasized in
Speaker 1: a statement that he is far from retired, saying he
Speaker 1: just wrapped a documentary in Africa called Ghost Elephants and
Speaker 1: is actively shooting his next feature, Bucking Fasted in Ireland.
Speaker 1: He also confirmed he is at work on an animated
Speaker 1: adaptation of his own novel, The Twilight World, and will
Speaker 1: be lending his unmistakable voice to a creature in Bone
Speaker 1: June Hoo's next animated film. The sentiment that Herzog's career
Speaker 1: might be slowing is directly contradicted by how busy he
Speaker 1: has been in the news even this week. CBS recently
Speaker 1: aired an interview where he stirred conversation encouraging aspiring filmmakers
Speaker 1: to finance their work by literally working in places like
Speaker 1: sex clubs, lunatic asylums, or cattle ranches, calling his teaching
Speaker 1: style a film school for rogues. Herzog's distinctive rebels and
Speaker 1: out Guide's approach to filmmaking is not just a philosophy,
Speaker 1: but an invitation to life experience, an artistic risk that
Speaker 1: made the headlines at indie wire Io. On the festival
Speaker 1: and event front, Herzog was among the luminaries at the
Speaker 1: Air Festival at the Aspen Art Museum. According to Harper's Bazaar,
Speaker 1: his participation further cemented his reputation as both a cultural
Speaker 1: philosopher and global thinker. Even if less splashy than his
Speaker 1: main Venice honor, his presence at Aspen signals ongoing relevance
Speaker 1: across artistic media. Meanwhile, Ghost Elephants is set for its
Speaker 1: high profile Venice out of competition debut on August twenty eighth,
Speaker 1: as confirmed by the official Bionale program. On the small
Speaker 1: screen and in the cinophile circuit, Hertzog is getting celebrated
Speaker 1: at the KINOFILM Salon in Germany with the Radical Dreamer
Speaker 1: series the German Film Office set on Instagram, and at
Speaker 1: the Trylon Cinema in Minneapolis. Every showing this weekend of
Speaker 1: his rare forty five minute documentaries is sold out, proving
Speaker 1: that even his lesser known works are hot tickets on
Speaker 1: social media. Recent Instagram reels and posts underscore both Hertzog's
Speaker 1: cult status and the growing appetite for documentary retrospectives and
Speaker 1: philosophical collaborations. Just this week, influencers are sharing Herzog's adventures
Speaker 1: in South America with Les Blanc and revisiting classics like
Speaker 1: Burden of Dreams at evensent Tublisi All told, Hertzog is
Speaker 1: as omnipresent online as he is on the international Festival itinerary.
Speaker 1: Perhaps most significant for the long term biographical narrative is
Speaker 1: how Hertzog is entering his animation era, teaming with Sun
Speaker 1: Creature Studio, the producers behind the Oscar nominated Flea. His
Speaker 1: adaptation of The Twilight World marks foray into animated storytelling
Speaker 1: and a new phase of international collaboration. As confirmed by Variety,
Speaker 1: this diversification strengthens his already singular legacy as the good
Speaker 1: soldier of cinema, never content to march in place and
Speaker 1: apparently never willing to stand still. And that is it
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