February 21, 2006
Herzog Shot During Interview
How am I so late in hearing about this? I adore this man, his legend just keeps growing. Who needs to watch his films, he himself is pure entertainment:
“German director Werner Herzog was shot by a crazed fan during a recent interview with the BBC.
The 63-year-old was chatting with movie journalist Mark Kermode about his new film, documentary Grizzly Man, when a sniper opened fire with an air rifle.
Kermode explains, “I thought a firecracker had gone off.
“Herzog, as if it was the most normal thing in the world, said, ‘Oh, someone is shooting at us. We must go.’
“He had a bruise the size of a snooker ball, with a hole in. He just carried on with the interview while bleeding quietly in his boxer shorts.”
An unrepentant Herzog insisted, “It was not a significant bullet. I am not afraid.”
Also this:
Herzog Helped Phoenix from Car Wreckage
Filed by cynthia rockwell at 5:31 pm under Just Movies
3 Comments
This post is not complete without a link to:
http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/spoofs_satire/be_not_afraid.php
ha that’s great. my favorite is “it is a trick question. you are trying to deceive me.”
Wow, I completely missed this. Sadly the link doesn’t really tell us any more, guns are really not prevelant in UK, or anywhere in Europe for that matter. Sounds like Herzog is used to chaos around him. I love the film about Kinski ‘My Best Fiend’.