Legendary director Werner Herzog spoke about his unexpected love for Disney’s The Lion King, his relationship with Florian Fricke and dispensed plentiful anecdotes on the music that has appeared in, informed and inspired his films in this conversation at the Red Bull Music Academy New York Festival 2017, presented as part of our Director Series and hosted at the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. #RBMA

TOPICS:
9:21 Sardinian music and meeting Ernst Reijseger
17:57 Creating space with music
37:00 Collaborating with Popol Vuh
51:03 Not paying attention to music
58:44 Using silence in film
1:26:15 Not being pedantic with music

FILMS:
7:32 Hearsay of the Soul
15:30 Into the Inferno Opening Sequence
22:01 Forget Everything https://vimeo.com/219304513
27:55 Little Dieter Needs to Fly End Sequence
33:33 Padre Padrone Excerpt    • Padre padrone  
38:41 Aguirre, The Wrath of God Opening Sequence    • Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Opening se...  
45:17 The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner Excerpt
48:11 The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner End Sequence    • la grande estasi dell'intagliatore st...  
55:55 Shadow, Ode to the Dawn of Man : Making of music to Cave of Forgotten Dreams Excerpt    • Shadow / Ernst Reijseger / Harmen Fra...  
57:55 Cave of Forgotten Dreams Postscript
1:02:32 Ernst Reijseger Playing Cello
1:05:38 Stroszek End Scene    • Stroszek: the Dancing Chicken  
1:11:14 Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Iguana Scene    • Video  

Werner Herzog’s groundbreaking approach to film has always included a similar outlook when it comes to music. Despite music not becoming a part of his life till later on, Herzog has a fine ear – from his extensive collaborations with Krautrock icons Popul Vuh and cellist Ernst Reijseger to the use of classical and folk music.

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