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| Into the Inferno - It's more Herzog than volcanoes. |
Written by: Werner Herzog
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Starring: Werner Herzog, Clive Oppenheimer, Katia Krafft
Rating: --/PG
Plot
Werner Herzog explores volcanoes and culture.
Verdict
I was expecting something more scientific, but as Herzog states early on volcanoes are also magical and he would rather explore the magical aspect. This looks at cultures that worship volcanoes and touches upon Korea, which was founded on a volcano and it's dictators. If you want to learn about volcanoes or explore them, this isn't the documentary for that.
Skip it.
Review
This starts with really impressive imagery, and there just isn't enough imagery throughout. Herzog talks about volcanoes and cultures that worship them, but also discusses two photographers that took amazing images but were themselves killed in an eruption.
Herzog delivers some interesting monologues but this documentary never picks a destination, it rambles for a while and while I get volcanoes are powerful and destructive, that isn't a new revelation. This seems more about Herzog philosophizing than exploring a geological or even socioeconomic phenomenon.
This doesn't try to uncover anything or provide new information. This strays too often to even form a main point. Herzog loves volcanoes and rambles about it for a while.
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