Speaker 1: The Werner Herzog news cycle has kicked into high gear
Speaker 1: the past several days, with headlines from the Venice Film
Speaker 1: Festival and a string of public and creative appearances drawing
Speaker 1: fresh attention to the ever provocative director. Today July twenty second,
Speaker 1: both Screen Daily and World of Real confirm that Herzog's
Speaker 1: much discussed film Ghost Elephants will debut out of competition
Speaker 1: at the eighty second Venice Film Festival, running August twenty
Speaker 1: seven through September six. While not his first foray onto
Speaker 1: the Liedo, the inclusion signals that Herzog remains in international
Speaker 1: auteur with enduring relevance, especially alongside a competitor line up
Speaker 1: boasting Guillermo del Toro, Catherine Bigelow, and Yorgo Slantamus Lavosa.
Speaker 1: Dienery Work highlighted that Herzog is to receive a lifetime
Speaker 1: Golden Lion at the festival, placing him in the company
Speaker 1: of Kim Novak and cementing his standing in film history.
Speaker 1: Easily the most biographically significant development for him in months.
Speaker 1: Business activity is humming as well. Kate Mara recently told
Speaker 1: The Hollywood Reporter that she and sister Rooney Mara Rapped
Speaker 1: bucking Fastard, a feature directed by Herzog. The film is
Speaker 1: generating buzz both for its star sibling pairing and for
Speaker 1: Herzog's signature artistic lens, and the project could mark a
Speaker 1: new high point in cross generational Hollywood collaborations. IMDb's industry
Speaker 1: news feed also noted that Herzog was featured as part
Speaker 1: of a special line up for the June twenty ninth
Speaker 1: edition of CBS's Sixty Minutes, suggesting continued demand for his
Speaker 1: perspective in mainstream cultural conversations. Not to be outdone by
Speaker 1: institutional accolades, Herzog's influence was the subject of Round two
Speaker 1: hundred nine of the Philosophy Throwdown meet up, scheduled for
Speaker 1: July thirtieth in Los Angeles, where his body of work
Speaker 1: will be dissected for its philosophical underpinnings and Nietzschean themes,
Speaker 1: a testament to how his films have become required viewing
Speaker 1: in everything from cinema studies to existentialist book clubs. Social
Speaker 1: media use, meanwhile, keep Herzog's persona in the public eye.
Speaker 1: An Instagram meme doing the rounds this week playfully imagines
Speaker 1: his famed dead pan narration, this time about eating ancient cheese,
Speaker 1: a viral reminder of his unique status as both a
Speaker 1: respected filmmaker and pop culture touchstone. Herzog's classic Stroschek even
Speaker 1: headlined a July eighteenth screening at Seventh House, as reported
Speaker 1: by the Philosophical Research Society, drawing nostalgic cinophiles and new
Speaker 1: audiences alike. In short, between a venice lifetime achievement, new films,
Speaker 1: high wattage collaborations, and his undiminished role as a cultural eccentric,
Speaker 1: Warner Herzog is making news on nearly every front, proving
Speaker 1: there are still plenty of wild Herzog stories left for
Speaker 1: the canon. And that is it for today. Make sure
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