Review of Into the Abyss (2011) by Sameen M — 23 Feb 2013

Many documentaries made nowadays are a series of talking heads and graphics montages. Maybe a filmmaker with a sense of humor with throw some ironically relevant music under the info-dumps. And documentary has also become virtually synonymous with issue and message films.

Very few seem to find the same spiritual center as a fiction piece. Herzog does.?The movie transcend the identity of a social issue piece or a sensationalistic expose to become an elliptical, humane contemplation of violence, life and loss.