I had to post my own topic on that scene it was so moving. I completely agree with the other poster though, it's one of the most powerful scenes I've ever seen on film. Powerful and haunting, and it will stick in my mind forever. Hertzog catches some amazing things, in his doc's and in his features.
shareI didn't know whether to laugh or cry....aww.
sharei agree,100%. i just watched the film and by far the most memorable image is the peguin wandering into the interior to his certain death. the two scenes convey more truth about existence, animal or human, than almost any "nature" documentary. so sad, yet it is the inevitablity of death and the absurdity of life all in one. also, its the classic herzogian character, much like the pilgrim in wheel of time who walks 3000 km, prostratinghimselfevery step of the way to see the dalai lama.mor herzog himself who claims walking as travel is an essence of truth somehow. i didnt understand what herzog was talking about: regarding "deranged/insane" penguins, but that scene is truly brilliant, haunting, and quintissentially herzog.
shareNot only was that the best scene in the movie, it's got to be one of the greatest scenes he's put in any of his films. Everyone has had to feel that way before, at least once in their life.
"In celluloid we trust." -Herzog
The AWOL penguin was one of the most heartbreaking things I'd ever seen, to think that the penguin thought (to put it in simple terms) "f__k it" and head off towards the mountains where only death lay ahead was bizarre.
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I thought that maybe the penguin was cast out or something and wandered off to certain dead as a way of suicide, instead of insanity, I really hoped Werner would have gone deeper into the subject because I thought it was among the most fascinating aspects of the documentary
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