Word: herzog
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...stumble and make mistakes that more sophisticated directors would laugh at. But more often it produces exciting new visions, unexpected perspectives, a world in which the sun rises in the west and spring follows summer. "We are surrounded by worn-out images, and we deserve new ones," says Werner Herzog, 35, who, with Fassbinder, is a leader of the group. "I see something on the horizon that most people have not yet seen. I seek planets that do not exist and landscapes that have only been dreamed...
...pursuit of those images, Herzog has made one film in which the actors were hypnotized, another in which all the actors were dwarfs, and a third in which the leading character, an old woman, was both deaf and blind. His best work, Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), might serve as a metaphor for the whole German school. Aguirre, a Spanish conquistador played by Klaus Kinski, revolts against the crown and attempts to build a new empire in the jungles of Peru. The film, a kaleidoscope of the fabulous and the bizarre, would be noteworthy even if it stopped after...
...Jude Herzog Orlando...
...invitation was formally handed to Israel's U.N. Ambassador Chaim Herzog by his Egyptian counterpart, Esmat Abdel Meguid, at a secret meeting in New York. In another display of post-Jerusalem good-fellowship, Ambassadors to Washington Simcha Dinitz of Israel and Ashraf Ghorbal of Egypt were joint guests of honor at a Sunday dinner given by ABC's Barbara Walters...
...Abdel Meguid walked out during an anti-Sadat diatribe by his Syrian colleague, though he later cast Egypt's vote for a Syrian-inspired resolution condemning Israel's occupation of Arab lands. During the debate he smiled and nodded through a speech by Israel's Chaim Herzog. In his address, Abdel Meguid had said, "Let us have a fifth battle for peace," referring to four previous wars between Israel and the Arabs that left 10,010 Israelis dead and 28,824 on the Arab sides. Echoed Herzog: "We accept the challenge. We are prepared...