Erik Moe Art & Design

Werner Herzog’s has dedicated his latest film, “Encounters at the End of the World” to the senior statesman of film criticism. Roger Ebert has published an eloquent letter to his friend in response.

You often say this modern world is starving for images. That the media pound the same paltry ideas into our heads time and again, and that we need to see around the edges or over the top…. You are the most curious of men. You are like the storytellers of old, returning from far lands with spellbinding tales.

Herzog’s films are remarkably consistent in their ability to transfix and inspire wonderment, even if the nitpickers among us might point out his liberal use of artistic license in depicting “truth.” As a licensed Liberal artist, I have no problem with Herzog’s versions of reality. The full text of Ebert’s letter is well worth the read.

Tags: Antarctica, documentary, movies, roger ebert, werner herzog