I was at this taping, and after the show I got his autograph on the back of my son Miles infant photo, Dear Miles, please grow into a nice boy.

@laurastrobel718

11 ай бұрын

That's beautiful 💓

@bustermot

11 ай бұрын

Did he?

@vincentsignorelli7759

11 ай бұрын

Yes he did , was so random , as I knew about the backstage entry from the scene in Taxi Driver, where De Niro is on the phone in the corridor !

It’s interesting how much his face, mannerisms, voice and overall demeanor changed as he got older. Probably the result of a diverse and interesting life.

@peteradaniel

2 жыл бұрын

Or randomly getting shot on tv.

@monakat8517

2 жыл бұрын

Wait til you get old

@linajurgensen4698

2 жыл бұрын

The result of working with Klaus Kisnki.

@lrrrruleroftheplanetomicro6881

2 жыл бұрын

He's very anxious, his first big interview in another language. It's also clear, that he never thought to blunt his emotions with drugs, which is nice.

@gir5o1

2 жыл бұрын

You should try working with Klaus Kinski and see how you turn out 🤣

werner has no ego, my hero

Still active and creating great art to this day. Great man.

@damesaphira9790

3 жыл бұрын

Nope...he rides on his accent.

@josefwissarionowitschstali1225

2 жыл бұрын

The well-tempered antipode to Klaus Kinski.

@richsackett3423

Жыл бұрын

@@damesaphira9790 fraid so.

@Vingul

7 ай бұрын

@@damesaphira9790Nope.

@Vingul

7 ай бұрын

@@richsackett3423Wrong.

I'll never not love how he pronounces 'jungle'.

One of Germanys greatest filmmakers! Danke, Werner!

I had no idea he appeared on Letterman. Thanks for uploading. I actually worked with Werner for a few months on an installation at the Whitney Museum. It was the experience of a lifetime.

@mateuszwerner8576

4 жыл бұрын

Could you tell a bit more of this experience please?

@imnotkevinbrennan5955

3 жыл бұрын

was that the hercules segers semi-tribute thing he did?

@kinskifilms

3 жыл бұрын

@@imnotkevinbrennan5955 That's the one! He had been a hero of mine for ages and it was a terrifying prospect at first. You never want to meet your heroes. But he was a sweet guy. A few highlights include spending several hours with him at my desk poring through youtube looking for music ideas for the piece and the day Ernst Reijseger showed up with his cello and did impromptu performances throughout the museum. It was great being able to spend so much time collaborating with Herzog. Definitely a surreal bucket list moment.

@honora217

3 жыл бұрын

@@kinskifilms you’re blessed!

@walterweiss7124

3 жыл бұрын

visiting the famous museums in NYC was a great pleasure for me almost 20y ago, but your experience must be extraordinary

"If it was necessary to climb down into hell and wrestle a film out of the claws of the devil, I would do so. I wouldn't be scared of anything." I love that guy :) Thanks for the upload!

@guyfaux900

2 жыл бұрын

Is that the only time he used to that epic quote?

@pavel6688

2 жыл бұрын

So is this how he met Kinski?;)

@muditmalhotra86

2 жыл бұрын

@@pavel6688 hahahaha, good one!

@ChrisWilliams-pw6gw

Жыл бұрын

@@pavel6688 lol

@ChrisWilliams-pw6gw

Жыл бұрын

Total commitment

Those who have watched his work, know that he is a genius

@josefwissarionowitschstali1225

2 жыл бұрын

A MAD genius.....

@jeffthekiller2511

Ай бұрын

I haven't seen any of his work but I know he is a force of nature

Any Herzog fans out there who haven't seen My Best Fiend or Burden of Dreams, do yourself a favor and watch them asap. Thank you, Don Giller, for your archive-worthy Letterman clips!

@habovay3

Ай бұрын

I've tried watching My Best Friend but mad man Kinski is absolutely exhausting. Had to bail.

His Antarctica documentary is sublime. It made me want to go ten times more. Wish I could remember the title. A lot of his documentary work, and there's a lot, is available here on yt to watch for free.

@dongiller

11 ай бұрын

“Encounters at the End of the World.”

@L.L.2045

11 ай бұрын

Oh yes I saw it a few years ago and to this day I remember it as one of the best documentaries I have ever seen in my life. The music!

@ryanbrodydigregorio

7 ай бұрын

The suicidal penguin will haunt my dreams forever.

Anyone who thinks Herzog is smug, or doesn't take his responsibilities to his film crew seriously should read his diary-based book, "Conquest of the Useless : On the making of Fitzcarraldo". While totally committed to his artistic vision, like a religious fanatic, he also realizes the seeming absurdity of his demands on the crew. Even nature is against him. It makes for an interesting read.

@Berniewahlbrinck

10 ай бұрын

A VERY interesting read!!

@Vingul

7 ай бұрын

@@BerniewahlbrinckYep, read it three times.. so far. «Of Walking in Ice» is worth a read, too.

Directing movies is a complicated profession. Don't you agree?

@Merlin_Price

4 жыл бұрын

I'm david pumpkins maaaaaayn.

@gj8683

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, but especially if you're Werner Herzog.

@bfkc111

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think so. True, very few can do it, but the reason is just that some people have ideas, others don't, and that's the whole difference and around which everything else puts itself into order without much greater difficulty than any long-lasting team effort. That's how it seems to me, other will also just speculate by saying "ooooh, it's a miracle" or whatever.

@MarkHogan994

4 жыл бұрын

@@bfkc111 Woosh buddy. Joke went way over your head. The complicated profession line is a reference to The Mandalorian (new Star Wars TV show that Herzog is in). His character has a similar line about bounty hunting in the first episode of the show.

@mikearchibald744

4 жыл бұрын

Not if your antoinioni.

His father married several women who ALL supported him financially. His father did nothing but drink and a study a wide range of things to produce a book which he never wrote. This is the kind of person that produces amazing people.

@frankiethefish73

Жыл бұрын

His father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes, he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament.

@KingMinosxxvi

Жыл бұрын

@@frankiethefish73 SHHH!!!

@maureenthomas9758

Жыл бұрын

​@@frankiethefish73worst of all he had to pay for his own luge lessons

There are beautiful opera houses in South America. I attended a Mozart opera at the one in Santiago chile and felt transported straight to Vienna.

i love how delighted he is describing the plot elements

I don't think I've ever seen Herzog smile and much and consistently as he did in this interview. I can't help but attribute it his knowing that Letterman--whether people want to admit it or not--is a little on his level. . .or at least on a harmonizing wavelength.

Werner Herzog. The man who kept trying to murder Klaus Kinski. My hero.

@mrblonde609

4 жыл бұрын

Love him, but without Kinski he wouldn't be where he is now. But Herzog elevated Kinski from a stereotype villain to a force of nature. Both men were born for eachother.

@sex6cult9revolution

4 жыл бұрын

@@mrblonde609 100% agreed.

@garrybaldy327

4 жыл бұрын

@@mrblonde609 That may or may not be true, I just like the idea of an incestuous rapist and wife abuser being murdered. The Herzog/Kinski partnership is unrivalled in cinema (maybe Scorsese/De Niro?), but that wasn't what I was talking about.

@RollingOrmond

4 жыл бұрын

@@garrybaldy327 More decades-late #MeToo attacks that haven't been verified.

@kurtpeterson4193

4 жыл бұрын

@@RollingOrmond In the first edition of the memoir, entitled I Am Crazy For your Strawberry Mouth, published in 1975, Klaus Kinski described in detail how he had seduced many young girls. He was always always quite open about his taste for underaged girls.

He's clearly a genius, Letterman was smitten😍

Werner Herzog is one of my heroes!

You need to hear Herzog's DVD commentaries on his German films. So entertaining!

Herzog is the coolest cat!

@AA-sn9lz

3 жыл бұрын

His cat died today. :(

This man is an innovative "new category" type of film maker. He is history of film!

I adore Werner Herzog. He is absolutely brilliant. My favorite filmmaker!! Thank you for posting this. Very much appreciated!!

Great upload, thank you so much!

Quite a handsome guy with a nice gentle look in his eyes.

What Werner did for FItzcaralldo and Aguirre is so amazing, NOT every director does that

@carlkontermann5637

Жыл бұрын

NO director does that

@regzzuse280

Жыл бұрын

@@carlkontermann5637 I love this quick replies. No, not every director takes a risk of his crew being eaten by tribe members in the middle of nowhere, and even worse signs Kinski for multiple parts. So no, not every director does such things.

@Vingul

7 ай бұрын

@@regzzuse280they also don’t make films as good as Fitzcarraldo.

thanks for uploading.. these are my two heroes in life

Amazing Filmmaker!... a true artist with a very deep understanding of the human condition.

Thank you for posting this!

When this was aired on NBC late night, school lunch menu courtesy of the Glendora, CA Unified School District: Taco Treat, Shredded Lettuce, Seasoned Green Beans, Chilled Pears, Sweet Potato Bread.

Such a great piece you've archived.

Fantastic. Thanks for Uploading! This is certainly a rare interview.

My favorite lunatic ❤️❤️❤️

This is really interesting, and it's great quality. Thanks for uploading.

@dongiller

4 жыл бұрын

Long before I had acquired a much-cleaner source.

What a treasure, cheers for uploading

thx for uploading this

My Best Fiend a great doc. about the Herzog/Kinski relationship.

Thanks from germany for uploading this interview.

@allybally0021

5 жыл бұрын

Ja. Ich bin ein Rathaus. Danke.

@allybally0021

4 жыл бұрын

@Elon Musk Das war gestern. Jetzt bin ich ein Zug. Ein blau Zug. Ein schell blau Zug. Ja.

@allybally0021

4 жыл бұрын

@Elon Musk Aber naturlich. Weil es in Island ist. Ich wohne in Currywurstburg. Es ist ein Dorf in Franken. Danke.

@allybally0021

4 жыл бұрын

@Elon Musk Nein. Das ist nicht ein Dorf. Es ist ein Drachenhöhle. Das ist zu gefährlich. Es tut mir leid. Ich bin nicht ein Rathaus. Nicht wirklich.

@eddiebrock5633

4 жыл бұрын

@Elon Musk TRAUT EUCH! KOMMT ZU MIR!

The epitome of what it means to be an artist; Herzog is unlike any other I know. Thank you so much for sharing this.

He is an immortal legend. This footage is the myth.

This Letterman episode aired on my birthday. I was born in 1999.

@HookNVibe

Жыл бұрын

It was my birthday aswell 10/11/1988

@DTSsince2016

Жыл бұрын

@@HookNVibe Awesome!

And on the eighth day God created a filmmaker.....

@jaydedinnoo8819

3 жыл бұрын

THAT is a gud line 👍🏻

Great. I always love his lengthy interviews on radio such as Fresh Air. Thanks, Don.

Wörner Hörsog.

@solunasunrise

6 жыл бұрын

wüth hiss niu movie

@abeedhal6519

4 жыл бұрын

@@solunasunrise r/whoosh

@itsokay7989

4 жыл бұрын

@@abeedhal6519 please stop with that Reddit cringe. Try to be a better person, I know you have it in you

@abeedhal6519

4 жыл бұрын

@@itsokay7989 r/whoosh

@walterweiss7124

3 жыл бұрын

Wørnør Hørsøg ;P

Shit. He was doing this since before I was born! Great upload. Thanks!

Thank you Don.

Werner, a grounded and stable guy

@MrHubadub

4 жыл бұрын

A stable genius

2 days before I was born and I ain't lying

Avant-garde film maker on a u.s. mega popular night show. Those were the times.

Thanks Don

You see, this is an alternate timeline where he actually succeeded in capturing Baby Yoda and harnessed his power to grow young again.

how the hell do you make a movie like this, the crew alone - Werner is amazing

@walterweiss7124

3 жыл бұрын

absolute madmen

Herzog was just too badass for Dave to try to make fun of.

I love Werner Herzog !!!! So cool to see this.

Klass, the day i was born!

The man who has his very own dialect!

ONE OF MY FAVS

A wonderful visionary and director !

one of the best filmmakers sitll alive. Propably one of the best ever who could capture the human condition.

Nice to see more of his eyes. He looks good.

A time when late night shows were not about BS infantile games and celebrity BS like Fallon and co

@theCurl

3 жыл бұрын

yes, letterman was all about mature, serious content like seeing how many spidermen could fit in a jamba juice, throwing flaming bags of flour off the roof of a building, dressing up in a velcro suit to jump off a trampoline and stick to a wall, having chris elliot call himself marlon brando while decidedly not doing a brando impression, and making the guy who owns the bodega next door a regular feature. next to sophisticated content like that, playing beer pong with your guests is just silly. fallon might as well have a ridiculous segment called something like “stupid human tricks.” wait a minute...

@seththomas9105

3 жыл бұрын

@@theCurl What was great about Letterman at this time was how they did all the off the wall stuff and then had great interviews like this. When Dave went to CBS that went away. Sad.

Thank you so much! Never seen this one before

I just adore him

Coming from him at this age now I understand the philosophy. A wonderful film, see it today one of my top ten.

This is spectacular.

I think Brando would have stayed in his trailer and not come out, if he had worked with Kinski.

@walterweiss7124

3 жыл бұрын

Colonel Kurtz meets Fitzcarraldo - WOW, what an idea ;)

@gamegladi8or669

2 ай бұрын

@@walterweiss7124Kurtz meets Aguirre would be insane!

The way he pronounces "jungle" ... I love it.

@MrJm323

4 жыл бұрын

02:18 and 03:00 The German word for "jungle" is "Dschungel".

@Livingtree32

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrJm323 Actually both words stem from the Persian word jangal, which the English borrowed through Hindi during their time in India. The Persian word is ironically pronounced more like the "mispronounciation" of Herzog in this video.

@Berniewahlbrinck

10 ай бұрын

@@Livingtree32 Thank you!

Letterman’s guests were the best.

Now he looks much more striking.

@MyEnemy

3 жыл бұрын

I wish he'd regrow the moustache.

David Letterman interviewed both kinski and herzog,,,,both who do not suffer fools,,,,,Dave can be respectful and funny when he wants to be,,,,,he treaded quite lightly and nicely here .....

Art Bell has a great interview with him

Wow. This is good stuff!

Moving that boat, a feat worthy of Hannibal almost! What a great documentarian. Thanks Don :)

His voice sounds balmy and interesting! He seems to be a gentleman, I cant understand why Klaus disliked him so!

@loretta4k334

3 жыл бұрын

It's pretty obvious that Kinski really liked Herzog, he just wanted to maintain his public madman image and pretended to hate everything.

@robertvasquez240

3 жыл бұрын

And Herzog obviously liked Kinski since they made a number of films together.

@unterbergersee-rehmittoupet911

3 жыл бұрын

Probably because Klaus Kinski was completely insane

@stephenpemberton85

Жыл бұрын

They actually loved one another like Brother's

Fitzcaroldo, a masterful film, see it if you can.

@Cuzjudd

2 жыл бұрын

I'mma half to

I love him

This man gave us “Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo”. Thank you, Werner.

Gosh he’s so cool and handsome.

Werner Herzog had balls made of Krupp steel. I wish he would lend his voice to an AI.

@danielprates2208

Жыл бұрын

What do you mean? He has. Look for the infinite discussion, him and Slavo Zizek

@karlmortoniv2951

Жыл бұрын

Now I’m imagining him as HAL’s voice in “2001.” 😮

@patrickg5648

Жыл бұрын

That’s fucking ghoulishly evil, why do you want people to be able to literally put words into this man’s mouth

@danielom8446

Жыл бұрын

He would detest your desire

@LukeMcGuireoides

11 ай бұрын

Oh, no. I doubt he would do that, at least I hope he wouldn't, at least not is some grubby capitalistic way.

He’s unrecognizable.

Very handsome

Like with Arnold, he seems to have a STRONGER accent now, than he did in the 70s or 80s...?

@c.a.savage5689

2 жыл бұрын

l had the same reaction, having just heard his interview on Seth Meyers. It's possible that in 1982 he was speaking alot more English on a daily basis. Perhaps with age, speaks more German and just doesn't care about the accent. l can understand that.

"Of Course I'll Be Around"

Legend

There's so much '80s in this video.

This interview is insane

Genius

Thanks Werner Herzog for saving our new clown prince of crime aka the living legend Joaquin Phoenix

Dave prepared for this interview and asked some serious questions.

@gasjet2000

2 жыл бұрын

Except he didn't know, or chose to pronounce the first name "Werner" incorrectly.

@bustermot

11 ай бұрын

He grew up in Indiana in a different time. Most people I knew in the Midwest back then didn’t know or care to pronounce things correctly. Also, there hadn’t been a check on the omnipotence of the white man and his dastardly ways at this stage.

@kanaric

8 ай бұрын

it's still the case. No place names that are french are pronounced properly in the midwest@@bustermot

Kinsky had 50 lbs of armor on a feeble raft while director Werner Hertzog was in a speed boat with a mega phone rooting on potential disaster.

He was amazing in the Mandolorian, too!

My God, he was so hot...😍😍😍

He somehow looked older than he does now. Baffling.

@franziskakre8309

5 жыл бұрын

The reason why he looked older is he made so many movies with Klaus Kinski.

@Cuzjudd

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao

So horrifyingly fascinating

Da isser,mein allerliebster Hamsterschatz Werner Herzog!in seinen Gewässern kenne ich keinen größeren Fisch - wirklich richtig guter Mann/Mensch/"Dödel" = 👍👌💋

@schiller2222

3 жыл бұрын

Pass auf du, ich mach einen Wirbel in Amerika!

Man, Werner's life is indeed an interesting one

could have used that scene from "Fitzcaraldo"

Making films is a very complicated profession

I've never seen this interview before, and as I can see must have been quite hard for Herzog having deal with Klaus Kinski who's a difficult actor on the set. Besides, I've always wondered, is it my idea or were Kinski's characters exactly himself in the real life?