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<v Speaker 1>The Werner Herzog news cycle has kicked into high gear

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<v Speaker 1>the past several days, with headlines from the Venice Film

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<v Speaker 1>Festival and a string of public and creative appearances drawing

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<v Speaker 1>fresh attention to the ever provocative director. Today July twenty second,

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<v Speaker 1>both Screen Daily and World of Real confirm that Herzog's

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<v Speaker 1>much discussed film Ghost Elephants will debut out of competition

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<v Speaker 1>at the eighty second Venice Film Festival, running August twenty

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<v Speaker 1>seven through September six. While not his first foray onto

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<v Speaker 1>the Liedo, the inclusion signals that Herzog remains in international

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<v Speaker 1>auteur with enduring relevance, especially alongside a competitor line up

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<v Speaker 1>boasting Guillermo del Toro, Catherine Bigelow, and Yorgo Slantamus Lavosa.

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<v Speaker 1>Dienery Work highlighted that Herzog is to receive a lifetime

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<v Speaker 1>Golden Lion at the festival, placing him in the company

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<v Speaker 1>of Kim Novak and cementing his standing in film history.

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<v Speaker 1>Easily the most biographically significant development for him in months.

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<v Speaker 1>Business activity is humming as well. Kate Mara recently told

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<v Speaker 1>The Hollywood Reporter that she and sister Rooney Mara Rapped

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<v Speaker 1>bucking Fastard, a feature directed by Herzog. The film is

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<v Speaker 1>generating buzz both for its star sibling pairing and for

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<v Speaker 1>Herzog's signature artistic lens, and the project could mark a

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<v Speaker 1>new high point in cross generational Hollywood collaborations. IMDb's industry

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<v Speaker 1>news feed also noted that Herzog was featured as part

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<v Speaker 1>of a special line up for the June twenty ninth

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<v Speaker 1>edition of CBS's Sixty Minutes, suggesting continued demand for his

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<v Speaker 1>perspective in mainstream cultural conversations. Not to be outdone by

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<v Speaker 1>institutional accolades, Herzog's influence was the subject of Round two

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<v Speaker 1>hundred nine of the Philosophy Throwdown meet up, scheduled for

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<v Speaker 1>July thirtieth in Los Angeles, where his body of work

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<v Speaker 1>will be dissected for its philosophical underpinnings and Nietzschean themes,

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<v Speaker 1>a testament to how his films have become required viewing

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<v Speaker 1>in everything from cinema studies to existentialist book clubs. Social

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<v Speaker 1>media use, meanwhile, keep Herzog's persona in the public eye.

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<v Speaker 1>An Instagram meme doing the rounds this week playfully imagines

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<v Speaker 1>his famed dead pan narration, this time about eating ancient cheese,

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<v Speaker 1>a viral reminder of his unique status as both a

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<v Speaker 1>respected filmmaker and pop culture touchstone. Herzog's classic Stroschek even

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<v Speaker 1>headlined a July eighteenth screening at Seventh House, as reported

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<v Speaker 1>by the Philosophical Research Society, drawing nostalgic cinophiles and new

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<v Speaker 1>audiences alike. In short, between a venice lifetime achievement, new films,

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<v Speaker 1>high wattage collaborations, and his undiminished role as a cultural eccentric,

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<v Speaker 1>Warner Herzog is making news on nearly every front, proving

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<v Speaker 1>there are still plenty of wild Herzog stories left for

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<v Speaker 1>the canon. And that is it for today. Make sure

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