Werner Herzog isn’t a filmmaker. He’s a daredevil with a camera. He has few limits and rumors of the extremes he’ll endure are legendary. He didn’t merely make a movie about a man taking a boat up a mountain for Fitzcaraldo, he took a boat up a mountain. His movies with Klaus Kinski have an extra intensity since both were plotting to kill each other. Now 16 of his finest dramas and documentaries will be released in Blu-ray on Herzog: The Collection. The boxset arrives July 29th although you can get it sooner if you order it directly from Shout! Factory. There will be only 5,000 sets and the first 100 will be signed by Herzog. Here’s the press release from Shout! Factory:
He has taken his camera to parts of the world no other director would dare go, and told stories in ways no one had ever conrsidered. These sixteen masterpieces, which blur the line between “fiction” and “documentary,” illustrate why Werner Celebrating a Cinematic Legend
Herzog: The Collection
Limited Edition Blu-ray Box Set to be Released July 29th, 2014 by Shout! Factory
100 Autographed Copies Available Only from ShoutFactory.com
A visionary creator unlike any other, with a passion for unveiling truths about nature and existence by blurring the line between reality and fiction, Werner Herzog is undoubtedly one of cinema’s most controversial and enigmatic figures. Audiences the world over have marveled at his uniquely moving, often disturbing, but always awe-inspiring stories, and his ever-growing body of work has inspired an untold number of filmmakers. He is, and continues to be, the most daring filmmaker of our time.
In celebration of this cinematic vanguard, Shout! Factory will release Herzog: The Collection on July 29th, 2014. Limited to 5,000 copies, the 13-disc box set features 16 acclaimed films and documentaries, 15 of which are making their Blu-ray debuts. Herzog: The Collection also features a 40 page booklet that includes photos, an essay by award-winning author Stephen J. Smith, and in-depth film synopses by Herzog scholars Brad Prager and Chris Wahl. Bonus features include English and German audio commentaries, the documentaries Herzog in Africa and Portrait: Werner Herzog, interviews and original theatrical trailers. The first 100 fans to order their copies from ShoutFactory.com will receive a copy autographed by Werner Herzog himself. As an addition bonus, box sets ordered directly through ShoutFactory.com will be shipped three weeks before street date. Collectors can place their orders now by visiting https://www.shoutfactory.com/product/herzog-collection-limited-edition-signed
Herzog has taken his camera to parts of the world no other director would dare go, and told stories in ways previously unconsidered. These sixteen masterpieces, which blur the line between “fiction” and “documentary,” illustrate why Werner Herzog is the most intrepid, creative, and dangerous filmmaker of our lifetime.
Herzog: The Collection includes:
Even Dwarfs Started Small
Land of Silence and Darkness
Fata Morgana
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Heart of Glass
Stroszek
Woyzeck
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Fitzcarraldo
Ballad of the Little Soldier
Where the Green Ants Dream
Cobra Verde
Lessons of Darkness
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
My Best Fiend
Special Features:
•English Audio Commentaries: Even Dwarfs Started Small, Fata Morgana, Aguirre, the Wrath of God, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, Heart of Glass, Strozek and Cobra Verde.
•German Audio commentaries: Nosferatu the Vampyre, Fitzcarraldo, Where the Green Ants Dream.
•In Conversation – Werner Herzog and Laurens Straub (in German with English Subtitles)
•The Making of Nosferatu The Vampyre
•Portrait: Werner Herzog documentary
•Herzog In Africa documentary
•Theatrical Trailers
