18/48
Werner Herzog is presenting a documentary about French volcanologist couple Katia and Maurice Krafft
Tale
Maurice and Katia Krafft dedicated their lives to exploring the world's volcanoes. Their legacy consists of groundbreaking footage of eruptions and their aftermath, composed in this visual stunning collage.. I've never heard of this couple and suddenly they got two documentaries in short succession.
Helens explosion footage
Herzog has the name and the pedigree, but the other film has the Oscar nomination. It is fascinating to see them back to back and compare the two.Herzog is using almost exclusively footage shot by the couple. I do notice the classic Mount St.
It's like presenting the dead body early in a murder mystery movie
I'm sure that there are other non-Krafft footage to fill out the story. It is very compelling that Herzog tells us that they are about to die on that Japanese mountain early in the film. Both documentaries use the couple's awe-inspiring footage, but this one does not have their voices.
He's the one pontificating
It is all Herzog narration as in most of his films. Throughout the movie, I kept wanting to hear the couple’s voices or at least their words. This is more like a tribute spoken in a funeral and that may be the intention.
That is the main difference
I just have a better sense of the couple from the other movie.