Sunday, September 03, 2006

Movie Review - Even Dwarfs Started Small

Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen (1970)
directed by Werner Herzog
rating: 3 out of 5 cravats
on DVD at JL's

Mad directors on their jousts at sincerity can do a lot worse than some absurdist fun at the expense of a monkey tied to a crucifix. But I'm not sure the "nightmare" Herzog thinks of by the end of "Even Dwarfs Started Small" has nearly as much to do with little people bombarded in the Mexican desert as it does the hour and a half that feels like three. But movies that last too long aren't nightmares, they're indulgent - Werner could have started smaller still.