Encounters at the end of the world / Videorecording.
Encounters at the end of the world / Videorecording.
Werner Herzog; Henry Kaiser; Erik Nelson; Peter Zeitlinger; Joe Bini.
- [Silver Spring, Maryland] : Discovery Communications, Chatsworth, CA : Distributed by Image Entertainment. [2007]
- 2 videodiscs (approximately 101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Originally produced as a documentary motion picture in 2007. Disc 1 is missing
Disc 1: Encounters at the end of the world --
Why? --
Ivan --
Professional dreamers --
Survival school --
Seal scientists --
Spirit --
Dive camp --
Under the frozen sky --
Celebration --
Stories to tell --
Absurd quests --
Penguins --
Mount Erebus --
South Pole shrine --
Exploring the volcano --
Neutrino project --
End credits ; Special features: Commentary with director Werner Herzog, producer Henry Kaiser and cinematographer Peter Zeitlinger [audio only]; Featurettes Under the ice (36 min.); Over the ice (10 min.); Dive locker interview (18 min.); South Pole exorcism (12 min.); Seals & men (4 min.); Trailer (2 min.). Disc 2: Jonathan Demme interviews Werner Herzog [at the Museum of the Moving Image, NYC, June 5, 2008] / producers, Michelle Caputo, Shannon Hartman ; Art & Industry (67 min.).
Edited by Joe Bini ; director of photography, Peter Zeitlinger ; music composed by Henry Kaiser & David Lindley. Edited by Joe Bini ; director of photography, Peter Zeitlinger ; music composed by Henry Kaiser & David Lindley.
Narrated by Werner Herzog.
This film, like many from director Werner Herzog, is a poem of oddness and beauty. Investigating the lives of the "professional dreamers" who conduct research at the bottom of the world in Antarctica, he finds a happily cynical lot, who regard climate change and the potential extinction of Homo sapiens in rather a different light than most people. They study penguins, seals, volcanoes, miniscule underwater
Research--Antarctica.
Research teams-- Antarctica.
Human beings--Antarctica. --Effect of climate on
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Originally produced as a documentary motion picture in 2007. Disc 1 is missing
Disc 1: Encounters at the end of the world --
Why? --
Ivan --
Professional dreamers --
Survival school --
Seal scientists --
Spirit --
Dive camp --
Under the frozen sky --
Celebration --
Stories to tell --
Absurd quests --
Penguins --
Mount Erebus --
South Pole shrine --
Exploring the volcano --
Neutrino project --
End credits ; Special features: Commentary with director Werner Herzog, producer Henry Kaiser and cinematographer Peter Zeitlinger [audio only]; Featurettes Under the ice (36 min.); Over the ice (10 min.); Dive locker interview (18 min.); South Pole exorcism (12 min.); Seals & men (4 min.); Trailer (2 min.). Disc 2: Jonathan Demme interviews Werner Herzog [at the Museum of the Moving Image, NYC, June 5, 2008] / producers, Michelle Caputo, Shannon Hartman ; Art & Industry (67 min.).
Edited by Joe Bini ; director of photography, Peter Zeitlinger ; music composed by Henry Kaiser & David Lindley. Edited by Joe Bini ; director of photography, Peter Zeitlinger ; music composed by Henry Kaiser & David Lindley.
Narrated by Werner Herzog.
This film, like many from director Werner Herzog, is a poem of oddness and beauty. Investigating the lives of the "professional dreamers" who conduct research at the bottom of the world in Antarctica, he finds a happily cynical lot, who regard climate change and the potential extinction of Homo sapiens in rather a different light than most people. They study penguins, seals, volcanoes, miniscule underwater
Research--Antarctica.
Research teams-- Antarctica.
Human beings--Antarctica. --Effect of climate on
G860