Review of Encounters at the End of the World (2007) by Robby C — 21 Jul 2008
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In Werner Herzog's new documentary "Encounters at the End of the World" the exploration of the South Pole serves as a visually stunning and haunting metaphor for the exploration of the human condition. Herzog captures some breathtaking images of life at the bottom of the world. If this were a Discovery channel picture these images alone would be enough, but here we have Herzog and his insatiable thirst to understand what motivates people in extreme circumstances as a tour guide. In his hands a beautifully rendered nature doc becomes a philosophic quest to understand what it means to explore.
We meet underwater diving biologists discovering new species, philosophers, political exiles, quantum physicists looking for neutrinos, glacier experts and Volcanologists: scientists studying the giant active volcanoes at the end of the world.
A beautiful and haunting documentary that seems to perfectly capture the innate and often obsessive desire that human beings have to explore, question and hopefully understand the world around them. Here, the answer is the question.
- robby.
This review of Encounters at the End of the World (2007) was written by Robby C on 21 Jul 2008.
Encounters at the End of the World has generally received very positive reviews.
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