Apparently, someone shot Werner Herzog during an interview.

"It was not a significant bullet. I am not afraid."

This article is literally amazing. The man is a hardass, and I love his work.

'Oh, someone is shooting at us. We must go.'

Hardass indeed.

Ditto everything placeholder says.

I'm not sure, however, why we expect any less or more of a reaction from him. I guess we don't expect people to walk it like they talk it.

How'd you like to wreck your car, and the first person you see is Werner Herzog? "You have crashed your car. Do you think you have broken bones?"

I love Herzog.

He is badass. We need more badasses like him.

tmidgett wrote:How'd you like to wreck your car, and the first person you see is Werner Herzog? "You have crashed your car. Do you think you have broken bones?"

"You have crashed your car. What else were you expecting to happen? You do not seem to be enjoying your fate sufficiently."

"Here is a drink. Give us a smile."

Just a pellet gun, eh? Where did you find the details on this?

All of the articles I found on the Herzog shooting left out the good stuff.

I wanna know what range he was shot at, what caliber, what type of air gun (was it CO2 powered, or just one of those pump-spring toys), etc.

Not a significant bullet.

A grandiose way of saying, "It's ok! It was just a BB gun."

But appropriate for Herzog, I guess.

I'm pretty sure I would go see a band called "Significant Bullet".

placeholder wrote:Apparently, someone shot Werner Herzog during an interview.

"It was not a significant bullet. I am not afraid."

This article is literally amazing. The man is a hardass, and I love his work.

Yeah, I saw this the other day on the BBC Cinema Show (I think?). They were standing on some scrubland, near some houses--someone from one of the houses must of fancied a pot-shot. Herzog was very nonchalant about it, whereas Mark Kermode couldn't believe it. They had to adjourn indoors, in order to continue.

Last summer I was walking with a friend, down by the canal, when someone shot her in arse with an airgun pellet. Luckily, it just bounced off.

ever since i listened to his audio commentary on aguirre, the wrath of god i've thought he's had a penchant for exageration. i think his comment on getting shot by an air rifle reinforces my belief that part of his badassness is strategically concocted self image. but only part. anyone who can make movies like that is definately some kind of badass, not to mention creative genius.

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placeholder wrote:Apparently, someone shot Werner Herzog during an interview.

"It was not a significant bullet. I am not afraid."

This article is literally amazing. The man is a hardass, and I love his work.

Yeah, I saw this the other day on the BBC Cinema Show (I think?). They were standing on some scrubland, near some houses--someone from one of the houses must of fancied a pot-shot. Herzog was very nonchalant about it, whereas Mark Kermode couldn't believe it. They had to adjourn indoors, in order to continue.

Last summer I was walking with a friend, down by the canal, when someone shot her in arse with an airgun pellet. Luckily, it just bounced off.

I saw this too. It was on "The Culture Show". He (Herzog) showed the wound at the end of the interview and it was bleeding quite a bit. Airgun pellets aren't massively painful from my experience (been shot 3 times, 2 accidentally), but that one looked a real humdinger.