2006: WERNER HERZOG is SHOT during TV interview | The Culture Show | Movie Interviews | BBC Archive
Published June 21, 2023, 11:20 p.m. by Courtney
Film director Werner herzog is shot and wounded by an air rifle whilst conducting an interview with film critic and broadcaster Mark Kermode.
"Far from the hazards of a South American jungle or the wilderness of Alaska, I met up with Werner herzog in the suburban wilds of LA, which he currently calls home."
"We wanted to get a quick exterior shot of herzog in his native habitat, when things took an unexpected turn."
"We quickly realised that some wacko had taken a pot-shot at us with an air rifle and herzog had been hit."
"Doing an interview with herzog wasn't meant to come with the dangers of making on of his films."
This clip was taken from The Culture Show.
Originally broadcast 2 February, 2006.
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far from the hazards of a South American
jungle or the Wilderness of Alaska I met
up with Verna Herzog in the Suburban
Wilds of La which he currently calls
home we wanted to get a quick exterior
shot of Herzog in his native habitat
when things took an unexpected turn in
Germany I've somehow left a paved Road
nobody cares about my films for example
what's
we quickly realized that some wacko had
taken a pot shot at us with an air rifle
and Herzog had been hit we beat a hasty
retreat
doing an interview with Herzog wasn't
meant to come with a dangers associated
with making one of his films when we
reached the car Werner insisted that he
was not seriously hurt nor did he want
to try and track down the gunman of the
world actually it's not really very
friendly towards filmmaking no
so we headed for what would hopefully be
a safer spot to talk about the
challenges of making his most recent
documentary Grizzly Man
foreign
during the course for your career you've
been shot at a couple of times and in
fact when we started this interview
somebody took a shot at you and they
killed you right yes it hit me you I I
heard it and it it hurts a little bit
and I was just standing it's not a
significant bullet well have you got a
wound yeah somehow I think yeah what do
we see so this is literally just
happened outside the camera and there
was a noise and it was a whiz and you
just said I've been shot you had look
you're bleeding I think you're somewhere
well you I mean that's that's a
somebody's shot at you and created a
wound in your ass it's not not
significant
to you it's like this is like some kind
of everyday thing you know filmmaking
it's not an everyday thing but uh it
doesn't surprise me to be shot at
I shoulder to think what would have
surprised Werner Herzog
I think uh bottom line is the poet must
not avert his eyes
you have to take a bold look at what is
your environment what is around you even
the ugly things
even the decadent things even the um the
dangerous thing things you don't think
there's a chance of being defeated by it
of course it is out there but but so
what
um
if
done good battle
and um
I've been a good soldier
a good soldier of Cinema
and that's what I want to be
thank you
