Rent Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
3.5 of 5 from 125 ratings
1h 37min
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- Synopsis:
- There is a hidden society at the end of the world. One thousand men and women live together in unbelievably close quarters, risking their lives and sanity in search of cutting-edge science. Now, for the first time, an outsider has been admitted. In his film adventure Werner Herzog travels into the vast expanses of Antarctica - a land of fire and ice nearly twice the size of Australia. Using what are, at times, life endangering filming techniques, Herzog discovers a previously unseen world, above and below the ice cap that is teeming with awe-inspiring and seemingly alien life.
- Actors:
- Werner Herzog, Scott Rowland, Stefan Pashov, Doug MacAyeal, Ryan Andrew Evans, Kevin Emery, Olav T. Oftedal, Regina Eisert, David R. Pacheco Jr., Samuel S. Bowser, Jan Pawlowski, William Jirsa, Karen Joyce, Libor Zicha, Ashrita Furman, David Ainley, William McIntosh, Clive Oppenheimer, Peter Gorham, Ernest Shackleton
- Directors:
- Werner Herzog
- Producers:
- Henry Kaiser
- Narrated By:
- Werner Herzog
- Writers:
- Werner Herzog
- Others:
- Henry Kaiser
- Studio:
- Revolver
- Genres:
- Children & Family, Documentary, Special Interest
- Collections:
- Top 10 Winter and Snow Films
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 31/08/2009
- Run Time:
- 97 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- None
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Interview with Werner Herzog
- Ice Wall
- Under the Ice
- Dive Locker Interviews Over the Ice
- Seals & Men
- South Pole Exorcism
- Guitars in Antarctica
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Reviews (2) of Encounters at the End of the World
Lacking Scope - Encounters at the End of the World review by CP Customer
Herzog has fashioned a new career in documentaries and Encounters At The End of The World is another unique experience. However here he lacks any focus or insight, merely content to turn up and see what happens. While this may have worked on Grizzly Man, Encounters is all over the place. The real stars are the wildlife and beautiful environments. These make us humans seem barbaric in comparison.
2 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
Out of his depth - Encounters at the End of the World review by DW
After about 45 minutes I am afraid I simply gave up as this particular Herzog enterprise appeared to lack definition and objectives. I had imagined more focus on wild-life as here he had an opportunity to capture unique footage from the End of the World, as Herzog himself described Antartica. There were here, I felt, too many talking heads, not all of them providing the specialist insight one would expect with Herzog controlling the venture.. I think that he was very much out of his depth here, unlike with the Cave of Forgotten Dreams and with Grizzly Man, completely different undertakings but made with authority and holding one's attention throughout.
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