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Yes, but still do not despair. Spielberg is a great storyteller -- do not forget that, do not overlook that. He deserves the position he is in, because he has understood something more than many others who are just into the fireworks of big special effects. He is the one who weaves them in very coherent, very good stories. He's a storyteller more than anyone else, and we have a deficit of storytelling in cinema nowadays. It's not only in the United States; it's a worldwide sort of event, because audiences look more for stardom, they look more for special effects. And we don't have stories like, let's say, "Casablanca" or "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" -- the great storytelling that doesn't need big effects, that stays in our hearts forever. Spielberg is one of those who understands it.

Werner Herzog (via INTERVIEW: Strong Man on a Mission)

Is there a more perfect coming together of ideas and talents? To have two visual and odd fellows on the same wavelength? It's too bad the interviewer didn't follow up on this question, or somehow the two didn't meet. It may have been mind expanding possibilities.

I also love how passionately curious and non-pretentious Herzog is. He mentions Jurassic Park, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, David Lynch, and Harmony Korine (in the interview) within the same breath, and can juggle them all beautifully. People are too preoccupied with defining and labeling films, when really all that matters is, is it good or not, does it work or not, what in it moves you. Both Herzog and Speilberg have may that do, that trump logic, and have images that resonate far beyond the time I saw their films. It is wonderful for me to see my adult passiosn and child joy coming together in this way.

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Fritz Lang, interviewed by William Friedkin, about a year before his death in 1976.

Amazing interview (50 minutes), all about fleeing for principles, and the importance of lies in the truth of cinema.

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Herzog, that rapscallion, makes a discovery about John Waters...

So I suppose we can't count on that sequel to Grizzly Man, where he checks out the heavy set gay bars? Pity.

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