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What movie, documentary or narrative, would you use to introduce someone to Werner Herzog? (piefed.social)
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Keep in mind the audience are late boomers and not into "weird" movies, aka, my parents

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[โ€“] spip@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Grizzly Man

[โ€“] redhorsejacket@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Could be bias I suppose, but this one has a proven track record in my experience. Not only was it my introduction to Herzog, but I've had very good success getting other people on board with his particular documentarian style.