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DVD : The Wild Blue Yonder |
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List Price: $14.95Amazon.com's Price: $13.49 You Save: $1.46 (10%)Prices subject to change.
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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Ryko Distribution
EAN: 0858964001188
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Subversive Cinema
Manufacturer: Subversive Cinema
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Subversive Cinema
Release Date: November 14, 2006
Running Time: 80 minutes
Sales Rank: 35209
Studio: Subversive Cinema
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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Editorial Review:
Description:
From legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man, Fitzcarraldo, Nosferatu) comes an inspired vision: as humans search for a new planet to colonize, aliens attempt to settle on the nearly-uninhabitable Earth. Oscar-nominee Brad Dourif (Deadwood, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Seed of Chucky) delivers a remarkable performance as he tells the aliens' story.
Herzog has combined original NASA footage with Henry Kieser's incredible documentary images from beneath the Antarctic Ocean, as well as interviews with respected scientists, that culminate in his personal plea to save our planet.
The Wild Blue Yonder has fans, critics and skeptics alike in a furor. This unique cinematic experience comes in a limited edition DVD release including hours of special features.
WINNER: FRIPESCI Award, Bienalle Venice 2005
Amazon.com:
Of all the strange, uncategorizable movies that Werner Herzog has made, The Wild Blue Yonder is one of the strangest. Brad Dourif (Wise Blood, Deadwood) portrays an alien from the Andromeda galaxy who describes an attempt by Earth astronauts to explore the alien's home planet for possible colonization--a journey depicted using preexisting footage of real astronauts during a space shuttle flight and divers under the Antarctic ice cap. This is science fiction at its most conceptual, with far more in common with the more cerebral stories of Arthur C. Clarke or Isaac Asimov than the action-packed space opera of Star Wars, or even the chilly suspense of 2001: A Space Odyssey. For many viewers, The Wild Blue Yonder will seem disjointed or dull, but for someone receptive to a less plot-driven experience, the combination of striking visual images (the footage from under the ice cap is stunningly eerie), intriguing speculative ideas, and unearthly music (from avant-garde cellist Ernst Reijsiger) creates a unique and memorable experience. The dvd also includes cheerfully unpretentious interviews with Herzog (Grizzly Man, Aguirre: The Wrath of God) and Dourif. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - The Wild Blue Yonder
Weird, will definitely be a cult favorite. Found the underwater photography/video a little disappointing.
Rating:  - I want my 80 minutes back
Apparently, this "film" won an award at the Venice Biennale. I happened to visit the Biennale last year, and I saw a few of the films on display. If you are the type of person who watches 30 minutes of video of a tree, or a woman standing in front of a wall, and calls it "compelling" or "an amazing use of negative space", then why are you reading this review? Go buy this DVD immediately, because you are going to love it. Your ability to appreciate all of that stock footage of the space shuttle ... Read More
Rating: - Scientifically Illiterate Vogon Poetry.
Some would argue that this is "art" and should not be judged in the same way as conventional "entertainment" films are. That might be true to some extent, but I contend that it is really just a very poorly made, poorly acted, poorly narrated, poorly conceived failure.
I picked it up thinking, "Cool, a science fiction film by an avant-garde director with an environmentalist message. Right up my alley." What followed was a brief period of bafflement, followed by disbelief and outrage ... Read More
Rating:  - hither or yonder?
Well this one is a real puzzle. There are three main scenes in this: that's not a spoiler; it's shown on the packaging. There's a derelict building, weightless astronauts on a spaceship, and divers under ice. That's all real and shot on location. However the plot and its location is something else and is overlaid onto a reality that we're only too aware of.
I guess this one is really about perception, and I found I had to work very hard to doublethink two perceptions at once - particularly ... Read More
Rating: - not his best
I'd say that "The Wild Blue Yonder" isn't Herzog's best film. It lacks the passion that I find in other films of his, but some of the visuals are worth it. For Herzog fans, I think it's worth seeing, if for no other reason than to gain further insight to his film making and style.
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