Grosse Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Schneider. Great ecstasy of the sculptor Steiner. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck. Soufrière.
Notes:
Title from DVD menu screen.
Contents:
Die grosse Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner = The great ecstasy of the sculptor Steiner (45 min.) (1975) -- How much wood would a woodchuck chuck-- : beobachtungen zu einer neuen Sprache (45 min.) (1977) -- La Soufrière : warten auf eine unausweichliche Katastrophe = La Soufrière : waiting for an inevitable catastrophe (30 min.) (1977).
Summary:
Three short documentaries from the 1970's by the director Werner Herzog. Die grosse Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Schneider is about Walter Steiner, a Swiss woodcarver and world class ski jumper. How much wood... is a visit to the annual world championship of livestock auctioneers in the Amish country of Pennsylvania. La Soufrière is about the anticipated eruption of a volcano on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe and the man who chooses to stay behind when everyone else evacuates.
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