Cine International Filmvertrieb
Directed by Werner Herzog
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, Shout! Factory)
A 19th century German village is dumbstruck when a glass blower with the only knowledge of how to make their prized "ruby glass" dies. People walk around in a stupefied state, eyes rolled in the back of their head, unable to carry on basic conversations much less their daily lives. One of them has visions and spouts out poetic, enigmatic stories of the future vaguely recognizable as the industrial revolution or either world wars. Interspersed among these scenes are beautiful landscapes, often shrouded in clouds and fog, set to the music of Popol Vuh, which seem to belong to a different movie entirely. Unfortunately, the acting incites giggles rather than the intended hypnotic effect.
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