Quite simply: one of the best movies ever made. There is a weird, once-in-a-lifetime alchemy at work here that has produced a profoundly human quasi-documentary portrayal of a deeply damaged outsider. Every scene has grace notes of astounding beauty. There is not a single other movie director who has captured the poetry of the individual and the world around him as well as Herzog has.
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Groovy09
Wunderbar Herzog!-1flb2-
Werner does it his way as always. Which is better getting your ass kicked by German thugs or getting it kicked by an American bank. What a choice!nicolaskrizan
boring, funny, touchinghttps://beyond1001movies.wordpress.com/2015/05/07/backtrack-stroszek-1977/
V012
@Amoreska - is it that bad of a film?Pike
Quite simply: one of the best movies ever made. There is a weird, once-in-a-lifetime alchemy at work here that has produced a profoundly human quasi-documentary portrayal of a deeply damaged outsider. Every scene has grace notes of astounding beauty. There is not a single other movie director who has captured the poetry of the individual and the world around him as well as Herzog has.Dieguito
Great movie! Depressive and thoughtful. The dancing chicken made my day!Armoreska
Ian Curtis killed himself after seeing thisThe_Claw
The tone and mood of the film reminded me of The Straight Story. I wasn't very surprised to hear David Lynch considers this one of his favorite films.gerryt
@ Torgo.I've got only one explanation for the last three minutes.: Werner must have been visited by the chicken of depression.
http://www.franklycurious.com/index.php?itemid=840.
Torgo
Last 20 minutes and last 3 minutes especially melted my brain. What the heck, Werner?