Director Werner Herzog's Latest Film Is a Vermont Exclusive
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Ethan de Seife
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January 13, 2014 at 8:34PM
UPDATES BELOW: 12/26/13 & 1/14/13Though the semester is nearly over, a film class at the University of Vermont has welcomed a new student: acclaimed director Werner Herzog.Herzog, who has been making films since the early 1960s and is best known for his films Aguirre, the Wrath of God; Grizzly Man and Cave of Forgotten Dreams, has been an artist-in-residence at Dartmouth College for the past semester, working with students and speaking at public screenings of his films.UVM professor Peter Gruner Shellenberger, a visiting lecturer in film and photography, recently took some students in one of his filmmaking classes to Hanover to hear Herzog speak about his films. Shellenberger brought to the event a vintage Super-8 camera, preloaded with film and, at the Q&A session, asked Herzog if he would use the camera to make a film for the UVM students.To Shellenberger's surprise, Herzog agreed."Did I think he would do this?" asks Shellenberger rhetorically.
