Basically, 'Herakles' is an omnium-gatherum of film clips depicting images of machismo. Some of those images are explicitly macho: we see various body-builders flexing their biceps and triceps. Other images seen here are not macho in the literal sense, but are indirectly related to testosterone or cojones on some level: we see military aircraft making bombing raids, and footage of car crashes.
Direction
Herzog's first film at 19. Already unhinged.
Editing
Jarring juxtapositions that mock without explaining why.
Director
Werner Herzog
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Herzog stole a 35mm camera from his film school to shoot this. Classic Werner.
The title references Hercules but the film mocks him—Herzog's lifelong project of puncturing heroes starts here.
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