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Werner HerzAugust 2026

Werner HerzAugust 2026

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A Letterboxd challenge celebrating the works of Werner Herzog, international cinema, and the spirit of ecstatic truth, all August long.

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Werner HerzAugust #8: Fire of Love (2022, Sara Dosa)

The Katia & Maurice Krafft documentary that Herzog didn't make...

Werner HerzAugust #7: Heart of Glass (1976)

Herzog's mesmerizing medieval drama with a one-of-a-kind twist

Werner HerzAugust #6: The Rider (2017, Chloe Zhao)

A real-life western fable from the director of NOMADLAND and HAMNET

Werner HerzAugust #5: Lessons of Darkness (1992)

Herzog's ecological tone-poem about the Gulf War's aftermath

Werner HerzAugust #4: The Consequence (1977, Wolfgang Petersen)

An early gay-rights drama from the director of DAS BOOT

Werner HerzAugust #3: Stroszek (1977)

My first Herzog comedy, a jet-black satire of the American dream

Werner HerzAugust #2: Sans Soleil (1983, Chris Marker)

A postmodern travelogue from the director of LA JETEE

Werner HerzAugust #1: My Best Fiend (1999)

Kicking off the challenge with a consideration of Herzog's problematic fave

Wherefore HerzAugust?

This month's challenge: What is it? What does it want from us?

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