{"id":132935,"date":"2020-12-14T15:16:39","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T12:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-spectacle-of-werner-herzog-eats-his-shoe\/"},"modified":"2020-12-14T15:16:39","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T12:16:39","slug":"the-spectacle-of-werner-herzog-eats-his-shoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-spectacle-of-werner-herzog-eats-his-shoe\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Spectacle of &#8216;Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a357831394ee\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a357831394ee\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-spectacle-of-werner-herzog-eats-his-shoe\/#Who_made_this\" >Who made this?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-spectacle-of-werner-herzog-eats-his-shoe\/#More_Videos_Like_This\" >More Videos Like This<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#The Spectacle of &#8216;Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe&#8217;<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.7.8--><\/p>\n<p id=\"block-3094f9f4-e5ae-4a90-8073-5e1f1c402995\"><em>Welcome to <strong>The Queue<\/strong> \u2014 your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we\u2019re watching a video on the documentary\/promotional event Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe. <\/em><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>They just don\u2019t make \u2019em like they used to. And by <em>\u2019em<\/em> I, of course, mean <strong><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nonfics.com\/tag\/les-blank\/\">Les Blank<\/a><\/strong>\u2018s short documentary <em><strong>Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe<\/strong><\/em>. Many a film can boast that it does what it says on the tin. But few, in my estimation, are as captivating, curious, and compelling as <em>Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSurely not!\u201d you guffaw. Why would an acclaimed documentarian agree to gnaw on his own boot? The answers to these questions being: (1) Yep, and (2) Because <strong>Werner Herzog<\/strong> is a man of his word.<\/p>\n<p>Not only does the film\u2018s title make good on its promise, but it is also the result of what I can only describe as \u201cdoubling down to make a point.\u201d The film is the result of a declaration made by Herzog that if his ex-student <strong>Errol Morris<\/strong> ever completed the film <strong><em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nonfics.com\/errol-morris-bittersweet-comedy-american-life\/\">Gates of Heaven<\/a><\/em><\/strong> he would \u2014 say it with me \u2014 eat his own shoe.<\/p>\n<p>And, of course, Herzog keeps his promises. Not only that, but he is a good pal: using the spectacle, filmed live in front of an audience, to promote <em>Gates of Heaven<\/em>, which was still seeking distribution. <\/p>\n<p>In typically Herzogian fashion, the director also uses the event to discuss the performative nature of insubstantial advertising and the difficulty of filmmaking itself. Ultimately, as the video essay below suggests, <em>Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe <\/em>is much more profound than its blunt title. <\/p>\n<p id=\"block-cb5c278e-8714-4e04-8784-a0ec822608e1\">Watch \u201c<strong><em>Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe \u2013 <\/em>How To Promote A Film<\/strong>\u201c:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe - How To Promote A Film [100th Upload Special]\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Kii4jQ7XHuY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"block-f49a75fa-92f4-4dcc-b598-397bc886419b\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_made_this\"><\/span>Who made this?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"block-000bddde-10cf-41db-8737-70d24981feaf\"><strong>You Have Been Watching Films <\/strong>is produced by United Kingdom-based writer <strong>Oliver Bagshaw<\/strong>. The channel provides video essays on an assortment of films including examples from cult, documentary, experimental, and classic strains of cinema history. You can subscribe to their <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> channel <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/YouHaveBeenWatchingFilms\/videos\">here<\/a>. And you can follow them on Twitter <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OliverBagshaw\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"block-b7615e49-ed1b-4b1b-84be-8b95554dee8b\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_Videos_Like_This\"><\/span>More Videos Like This<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMLG0nwswvr63Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Like this articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social Media category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/werner-herzog-eats-his-shoe\/#utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=werner-herzog-eats-his-shoe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#The Spectacle of &#8216;Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe&#8217;&#8221; Welcome to The Queue \u2014 your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we\u2019re watching a video on the documentary\/promotional event Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe. They just don\u2019t make \u2019em like they used to. And by \u2019em I, of course, mean&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":132936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Werner_Herzog_Eats_His_Shoe.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[1357,45575],"class_list":["post-132935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-mediaa","tag-the-queue","tag-werner-herzog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}