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Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan was one. So were his Cabinet colleagues, Ezer Weizman and Ariel Sharon. So were former Labor Premier Yitzhak Rabin and his Foreign Minister Yigal Allon. D.M.C. Leader Yigael Yadin held the rank, as did United Nations Ambassador Chaim Herzog, Tel Aviv Mayor Shlomo Lahat and Israel's Chief Rabbi (Ashkenazi) Shlomo Goren...
Directed and Written by WERNER HERZOG...
...magnificent image of the will to power running mad. But it is only one of a hundred such images distinguishing this singular and haunting film. Director Werner Herzog, 35, is German. and it is clear that he was drawn to this story, which derives from a historical incident, because he sees in it a parable applicable to his country's recent past...
That, however, is not something he insists on, any more than he insists on the absurdity of the activities he patiently, unemphatically records in a movie that unfolds slowly but never slackly. The most admirable thing about Aguirre may be the discipline with which Herzog tells his tale. He does not indulge himself in any comments on the action or insist, as most historical dramatists do, on the obvious parallels between his material and modern issues. He does the audience the honor of allowing it to discover the blindnesses and obsessions, the sober lunacies he quietly lays...
...Herzog...