Dancing Chickens!
I just saw Werner Herzog's film Stroszek and loved it. It kind of reminded me of Five Easy Pieces but it was also very different from it and it was definitely very Herzog in style.
Lots of people view the film as a critique of American capitalism and the illusion of the American dream but from what I've read that wasn't Herzog's intention. I think those themes only come across because it was filmed in Wisconsin and Herzog did little to tidy up the place.
Wisconsin isn't really the ideal of the American way of life. Instead, it comes across more as a place full of shattered dreams like the settings of David Gordon Green's films. Kinda beautiful, kinda depressing.
Stroszek is about a naive/dumb guy from Germany who moves to the U.S. Unfortunately, his search for a new life doesn't turn out to be as easy as he had hoped.
That was a lame synopsis but oh well. Anyway, the lead actor Bruno S. is brilliant in this film that was largely based on him. While much of the acting is very amaturish it works and it offers the film a very real feeling to it without being distracting. Herzog is a genius and the ending to this film is one of the greatest endings of any film I've ever seen.
I've decided to skip out on A Virgin Stripped Bare by her Bachelors tonight because I don't feel like spending $14... I'll probably just watching something I have that I haven't seen yet.
