Paste Magazine Review of our Werner Herzog Videos

Paste Magazine had this to say about out Werner Herzog Cooking Show video:

"Even the most serious film scholar can agree: film auteur and self-proclaimed poet Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man, a remake of Nosferatu) is ripe for satire. The larger-than-life director is occasionally shot by snipers in L.A., an occurrence which he deems "insignificant," and "part of the folklore in Los Angeles - nothing really that serious." He has waged "holy war" on television and describes his work as a quest for "ecstatic art."
Frankly, it's amazing people don't spoof the director more often. Swooping in to fill the niche are the creators of "Cooking with Werner" at WernerHerzogEatsTheWorld.com. In it, Werner Herzog hosts a cooking show with special guest filmmaker Jim Jarmusch that culminates in a quest for ecstatically truthful honey made by killer bees, for which he is jailed by a Peruvian junta that mistakes him for Martin Scorcese.

The Herzog-devoted skit is directed by Emmy Award-winning director and screenwriter John Webb and produced through Sandwich Films. Also on the website is another skit entitled "Auto Maintenance with Werner" in which Herzog chases actor Klaus Kinski after Kinski shoots him with an air rifle. But really nothing is better than watching Herzog impersonator Will Maier cook the most pretentious grilled cheese sandwich ever made, on a cooking TV show set with a laugh-track in the background."

http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/09/even-the-most-serious-film.html

Also, IMDB just added it to its "Hit List" on Friday:



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'Cooking With Werner' coverage: FunnyorDie Front Page Today, Mental_Floss, IFC, etc.

The first installment of our Werner Herzog series, "Cooking With Werner", was featured today on the front page of Funnyordie.com. Thanks to all who made that possible. You can view part one here: http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/c383c32fff/cooking-with-werner-part-1-of-2

Also today, we got a nice write-up on Mental_Floss' website: thanks to Chris Higgins for that. You can read it: http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/31441

IFC blogged about a slightly different version of the short a little while ago: http://www.ifc.com/blogs/indie-eye/2009/07/fortified-with-philosophy.php

If you are new to the world of Werner Herzog, here are some facts on the real article to catch you up: http://www.wernerherzogeatstheworld.com/Reel%20Herzog.html

Also his website: http://www.wernerherzog.com/

Thanks to Scott Rodgers and Gian Molina for lending their talents, as well as our fearless Peruvian Junta members, make-up artist Claire Merriman, Music Composer Carl King (http://www.carlkingcreative.com), DP Paul Mayne (http://www.paulmaynedp.com), Producer Garth Mueller, and Director John Webb (http://sandwichfilms.net) , one of my favorite collaborators over the years.

If anyone sees the real Herzog out there, please give him a high-5.

Stay tuned for further adventures. Danke schon.

W;

Director John Webb on IFC News discussing our award-winning Film at AFI Fest

John Webb discussed our the short 'TMI, Inc' that won the IFC / Absolut Vodka Filmmaking Challenge on an IFC News segment. This clip is now running on the Independent Film Channel; keep an eye out for it . . .(includes clips from the party the party they threw us at AFI Fest last week in Hollywood):



(Watch the clip full size here)

Congrats to John & all our crew.

You can see the film we won for here.

-W.