I just watched
Heart of Glass(1976)
Super Weird ass film, barely a movie, rated highly on IMDB. Some epic shots as usual, particularly an early shot of some fog into a valley.
Super interesting but the weirdest of weird, apparently he hypnotized the actors. I doubted it at first but these actors are all zombied out.
The vibe is super Erie and dark.
This is Ebert on it, his full review is very good.
Werner Herzog's "Heart of Glass" (1976) is a vision of man's future as desolation. In a film set entirely in a Bavarian village around 1800, it foresees the
www.rogerebert.com
"This is one of the least seen and most famous of Herzog’s films, known as the one where most of the actors were hypnotized in most of the scenes. It hasn’t been much seen, perhaps because it isn’t to the taste of most people, seeming too slow, dark and despairing. There’s no proper story, no conclusion, and the final scene is a parable seemingly not connected to anything that has gone before. I think it should be approached like a piece of music, in which we comprehend everything in terms of mood and aura, and know how it makes us feel even if we can’t say what it makes us think."
"Herzog indeed hypnotized them for most of the scenes; that is not simply publicity. The dialogue which they repeat under hypnosis is pronounced with a dread certainty. It lacks life and individuality. Is this how hypnotized people speak? Not necessarily. Usually they speak more like–themselves. Eerily, it occurs to me that what we may actually be hearing are the intonations of Herzog’s own voice as he hypnotized them and told them what to say. He is acting through them."
Full movie good copy on Youtube, not that I am recommending this weird shit because it isn't something most would sit through.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC0_FCgLSO8
a cool 30 second scene
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5D-VQMJ6jw
