10 September 2009

Signs of Life (Werner Herzog, 1968)

6/10
Werner Herzog's first feature film...not very Herzogian stylistically but definitely as much in terms of content and plot devices (namely, the man on the brink of insanity). Peter Brogle does well as Stroszek (not to be confused with Herzog's other Stroszek) but watching the film with the benefit of hindsight, you can't help but feeling he's merely a placeholder for the kind of role Klaus Kinski would soon become synonymous with.

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