Presented in an eight-disc Blu-ray box set and a 10-disc DVD box set, The Werner Herzog Collection from BFI contains 18 films by the visionary German filmmaking legend, as well as a number of Herzog’s acclaimed, but rarely seen short films. Extensive extras include Jack Bond's 1982 South Bank Show portrait of Herzog, Les Blank's Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe and Burden of Dreams http://youtube.com/v/eqAxoSLlsj0 REVIEWED HERE • The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) • The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1975) • Heart of Glass (1976) • How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck (1976) • Stroszek (1977) • Nosferatu, the Vampyre (1979) REVIEWED HERE • Woyzeck (1979) • Huie's Sermon (1980) • God's Angry Man (1980) • Fitzcarraldo (1982) • Cobre Verde (1987)
Special features • All films presented in High Definition • Alternative German and English versions of Nosteratu, the Vampyre • Full-length audio commentaries with Werner Herzog on selected titles • Alternative German and English language audio options on selected titles • Newly created subtitles for all films • Optional 5.1 German and English audio on selected titles • Nosferatu on-set documentary (1979, 13 mins) • Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (Les Blank, 1980, 21 mins) • Burden of Dreams (Les Blank, 1982, 95 mins) • Guardian Lecture with Werner Herzog (1988, 83 mins) • South Bank Show: Werner Herzog (Jack Bond, 1982, 56 mins) • Original trailers on selected titles • Stills galleries on selected titles • Illustrated booklet with extensive essay by Laurie Johnson; full film credits
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