Werner Herzog is becoming my new hero. (As an aside, the trivia in his bio on IMDB is fascinating!)Grizzly Man was weird and funny and tragic. He showed up in Mister Lonely for a bizarre small role, and now this.
Herzog sets out with his camera to find out about the people who go to Antarctica to work...it turns out there is some kind of weirdo magnet down there and pretty much all he had to do was turn the camera on and let it roll, but the results are stunning and not without the wonderful Herzog charm, brought to you in long still shots, hilarious overdubs and scenes of scientists laying face-down on the ice listening to seals.
From fork-lift driving philosophers to electric guitar playing scientists to a man who keeps a backpack packed at all times with everything he would need to pick up and go - including a kayak(!), the motley crew he encounters at the end of the world is quite entertaining, but the film is much more than that. It is gorgeous and sad and good in that way that keeps coming back to you for days after you've watched it.
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