Land of Silence and Darkness (Herzog, 1971): BFI Southbank, NFT1, 8.45pm
This film is part of the Werner Herzog season at BFI Southbank and is also being screened on January 10th. Full details here.
Chicago Reader review:
As a rule, Werner Herzog’s documentaries are more unearthly than his
fictions. This 1971 study of Germany’s deaf-and-dumb population presents
its subjects as a privileged class with access to an alternate reality.
Herzog shuns the expected tone of social-worker condescension in favor
of mystic’s awe. A remarkable, unaccountable film, both cold and moving.
Dave Kehr
Here (and above) is an extract.
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