I sometimes think Herzog comes across as someone who's almost surprised to still be here and he carries all the wisdom that that brings. He's definitely someone who's lived a thousand lives.
Eric, I value my time -- (this might be my 5th UA-cam comment in a decade) -- I appreciate that the density of your words endorses the value of yours, your guests', and your unknown listeners' time as well.
I value my time, and as much as I love Eric, I wish he would come back down just a little bit more to earth. Unless he's speaking to and trying to change the Elites and only the Elites, the highly-egoed, self-esteemed individuals who already have all the answers, then I wonder how effective this podcast will actually be on the majority of the world....ahem...the rest of us. I WANT to listen to the whole of his interviews so far. But I just end up listening to Joe Rogan in stead. You do you Eric, and don't stop on my account. But you should know, you're losing me here... You may speak the language of Adam and the Angels, but if you can't translate into common sprek, then you, Adamah, and the Angels will have to do all the Work yourselves.
Werner has bigger balls than nearly every other director/producer in the world, only equaled by a very few other actual auteurs (of which there are maybe 20 in all of the history of cinema...writer/directors who singularly create their own bodies of work). He's a living testament to the power of having total confidence in one's convictions, and of course, he is irreproducible, a singularity, a gift to humanity.
Stephen Bove I 100% he has knowledge and so much information from many ancient cultures that his sensitivity, creativity and wisdom are far beyond anyone in Hollywood
Bravo! From the audacity of his vision, through his pugnacity of conviction, and all the way down to the humility of his compassion, Herzog gets me right in the gut.
@@tarponwranglertheangler6364 Dear sir or madam, at first I thought your screen name said, "Tampon Wrangler". I was simultaneously amused and horrified. :-)
Bret and Werner use same reading glasses, fascinating. Eric sits in complete disbelief and wonder ! German 'sensibility' is so disarming and riveting. This is a must watch.
Powerful! Werner swims where the brave wade. He encourages and reinforces the good within us that is too often suppressed and ignorantly feared. Again Eric, thank you for making this interview happen.
Eric's prodigious analytical mind is clearly at times completely dumbfounded by the deep abstract thinking of Herzog. Fascinating to see him out of his comfort zone.
It definitely looks like introverted intuition at work, if you'll at least admit that sort of typological concept to the discussion. I don't know that Eric was out of his comfort zone, but I think instead he had a few of his own assertions knocked back and realized that he couldn't lean on existing conclusions (ie, "You're the unreliable narrator..." "No no no, I'm the one who makes sense!" 13:56). People like Eric are extremely adept at grasping the abstract, but they just tend to grab it outside of the conversation, when they're on their own and their subconscious has had enough time to fit the pieces together. But they go further by then locating the finished puzzle within a larger picture, and that, I would submit, is the ability from which someone like Eric draws greatest strength.
I love how Eric is such a gracious interviewer.. He sits deeply in his chair probes and prods just sets off Cascades of stream of consciousness emerging out of Herzog all of which forms a matrix or a kind of netting he operates in. It's very sound. Explains why he's subjected himself to so much danger with decades of his hazardous filming and yet has never been really injured or hurt. There's something subtlety superhuman about him. Eric has the depth in the respect to respond orthogonally shifting and sieving the sands of Herzog's mind. Two eccentrics.
I agree with Werner Herzog's admonition to travel on foot - that you see the world differently when you travel on foot. I don't do it long distance because of the time it takes, but it is often how I experience cities that I visit around the world, and it is a completely different experience than traveling on a tour bus. But for long distance I suggest traveling by bicycle. I once traveled a bit over a thousand miles on a recumbent, unsupported, and I got a completely different perspective than when I have traveled by car. But traveling on back roads by car is also a valuable experience, and very different from traveling by interstate. Each of these ways of traveling has its own advantages and disadvantages, but certainly they provide different perspectives and insights, and traveling on less traveled roads exposes one to experiences - raw material for thought - that most people never get.
@@SeanPlunkett013 - yes. I particularly remember the sounds and smells of nature when riding on back roads. Nowadays one might get much the same with an e-bike, but a traditional motorcycle would be too loud and smelly to allow the same perspective.
Eric, you have many excellent qualities. Please don't diminish the conversation by fiddling with your phone. Thank you and I look forward to more episodes of "The Portal".
What a wonderful podcast. The more people exposed to this material the better. This content is a public service. Kudos to Mr. Weinstein for wanting to expose the most amount of people to this as possible. Mr. Weinstein really is the essence of America, sharing information for the betterment of all mankind. Kudos!
Truly a subject worthy of Eric's interest and attention. I am currently reading 'Werner Herzog. A Guide For the Perplexed' and have seen many of his films. A truly remarkable and brilliant man.
Eric you really nailed it with that mystical music that plays during the introduction , it gives me goose bumps and makes me very excited to journey through the portal with you and the others ;)
Exactly! I went 'Whaaaat!? No way!' A MASTER of human arts, deep thinker, and an acclaimed author. A great choice for the guest. Your list of potential discussion-partners must be mind blowing. Don't stop it now!
One of the greatest filmmakers to ever walk the earth, right under his predecessors: Bergman, Fellini, Truffaut etc. Herzog is from another time, where filmmakers were not only entertainers but were thinkers, the Platos and Nietzcha's of the "modern times".
I'm hyped about this podcast. I have a suggestion. As viewer I was a little surprised, -annoyed and -distracted because of Eric's cellphone use when during the show. My request would be: drop the phone during the podcast.
Really enjoy Eric on many levels. That is a problem of our times, prioritising. Eric broke a golden rule right there. Redemption can be earned, he has done that in the soon to follow ART OF CHARM interview. It is a must watch/listen and understand it's depth. UNITY2020
Eric Weinstein on The Portal: "We need to be able to dream again of space exploration and eternal life, and we're going to invite guests to discuss these these things." Guest on The Portal: "Yeah that's not gonna happen." XD
Everyone *needs* to watch Herzog's "Encounters at the End of the World". It is a documentary in the Antarctic McMurdo station concerning the human condition (in my opinion). Best doco ever made.
@@dickcancer9689 Dammit. It used to be on Netflix. That's where I saw it. Beautifully shot and looked amazing on my 65" LCD. I loved that film, as well as his cave painting and internet docs also. Why the fuck does a company with infinite storage need to remove movies from their catalog? So annoying.
Werner is much funnier than I would have thought. That accent just makes people sound so serious! He's getting more laughs from the crew than Bryan Callen did and he's an actual comedian!
Keep 'em coming, Eric! You're still a little rough around the edges as an interviewer (seem to have a little trouble with transitions when your interlocutor leaves you with unexpected dead-air), but I can tell this is just a learning-curve issue. Your insights are profound and you have a gift for pulling fascinating introspection out of the people you're talking too. Can't wait to see where you and your brother go from here. Keep up the good work. Much love from Arizona.
Eric, love the content, your well thought perspective is appreciated. please do more podcasts I would listen every week if you did also UA-cam’s algorithm likes reagular posting. Cheers.
Great to see more content, I listened to episode 2 and got the chills all over. Can't wait for more, can't wait to be challenged Intellectually. :) Thanks eric
Around 32:00 Herzog claiming that he's very prudent and considerate of others, he lists a litany of people who never got seriously injured: his actors and production people who were very close to him. Is anyone going to mention the deaths and injuries of the local indigenous people who participated in the film? It's quite egregious that he would say essentially "no one got hurt in my 70 movies", completely ignoring all the actual people who got hurt, but who happened to be not his friends or actors, when he's probably the director with whom most people got hurt in movies....
Great talk this Eric, I love Werner too. Wasn't he shot with an air-rifle? lol Conjures visions of the "Trainspotting" smackheads, plinking passers-by in the park and the character Renton WAS a vegetarian, unlike Werner! haha
Yes at approx 37 min....Eric if you are going to insult your guest like that please at the very least keep a long shot on your guest so the audience is not aware of how big a dick you're being... just an fyi....I'm sure it was critically important but unless we understand the critical nature of it you might wanna hold off on Chess with Friends until after the interview....😋😁
Glad someone else noticed this. I was a bit disappointed, and thought it was rather risky doing that to a man who would call you out with devastating effectiveness.
The most important thing I learned from Werner Herzog is "the poet must not avert his eyes." I've also learned that it's not always an easy maxim to live by. Many times I've looked away when I should have stared.
"obscuring the sky for a wide, wide area, is something that should not happen... not only a crime against the human race but a crime against creation.." exactly Mr. Herzog! Wonderful interview! (Grizzly Man is his movie I love.)
Accomplished artists are often quite difficult to define. I get the feeling Werner is constantly conscious of this fact. He disagrees regardless of the proposition in order to give himself the opportunity to frame it in a surprising way, even if the answer isn't surprising at all. An intellectual sleight of hand. I think spending a lot of time with this man would be exhausting.
As someone not familiar with his film work, I didn't find him a particularly interesting speaker or thinker. I'm sure his artistic work is good and he's done amazing thing, but I didn't think his storytelling was compelling or his insights thought-provoking.
So you're basically saying he's pretentious in the event that he eludes you in what is 'often a difficult task,' 'defining people', for which purpose you invent the idea that Werner Herzog is contrary just for effect. As well as saying you say you found the statements of this accomplished artist 'surprising'(?) but dismissable as 'intellectual sleight of hand.' What is your remark if not 'intellectual sleight of hand'? Werner Herzog is not up to your standard although you can't be sure because he has somehow eluded your legendary defining ability. Hollow boasting, isn't it?
HOLY FUCK. AS AN ARTFAG, I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS UNCOVERED GEM. HERZOG IS THE GREATEST GERMAN FILMMAKER SINCE FRITZ LANG AND I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS INTERVIEW EXISTS.
As a fan, I was hyped for this podcast when I heard about it on JRE. Ep 1 was great, Ep 2 had me excited for what was to come, but Ep 3 is nothing at all what I wanted from this podcast, and nothing at all like it was advertised to be about. Personlly I’d love to see another feed/podcast for guests like this, and keep The Portal more in line with what we need from you Eric! Just my thoughts, have subscribed and am enjoying it either way. Thanks
Thanks for this Eric. Got to know you from JBP and the IDW. I'm getting know a lot of things that I would never have gotten into to. More power to you! :-)
I agree you should have your interview notes on a piece of paper or written down. Because that way the interviewee can see that you're looking at a list or notes that you've made for yourself. but if you put your notes on your phone your interviewee can't know that and he might just assume that you're not even looking at notes and that you're not paying attention.
Wonderful podcast Eric, thanks for introducing me to such a wonderfully interesting filmmaker and I look forward to your continued interviews. Best of luck!
21 minutes in and wow this is amazing!! This will be a tough act to follow, but I think Eric is a phenomenal interviewer, so I will likely enjoy whoever he brings on.
Werner's comments about walking coincide with an author whom I heard speak within the past few years (I wish I could remember the name of the author, as I was listening to a radio show). That is: one of the things that virtually all geniuses had in common was putting one foot in front of the other, walking, for long distances. Whether it was Aristotle, Mozart, Einstein, or any other number of intellectually amazing people, a great many of them walked. A lot.
@@notbot8830 maybe I personally don't agree or simply right up don't understand his ideas but as an influential figure on the left and in the academic world it would definitively be an interesting clash of ideas
Wow. One of the most important people of our time. How you managed this is beyond me. Many comments are critical, largely because this is their first exposure to Herzog. For those people I’d suggest studying this mans work, from the beginning. Without context, be wary of ascribing an identity or diagnosing pathologies. He’s way ahead of you, and is quite aware of the human as a collection of pathologies. To define him by any of them is already wrong, by default. He has integrated them. Rather than being blindly driven by any of humanities myriad of pathologies, he skillfully uses them each as they serve a purpose or expose a deep truth. It can seem clunky, or obvious here, but that should be a cue to look deeper. Not cast away. A fully integrated human cannot be defined in a UA-cam comment. And to try is to be wrong by default, or at the least, likely just a reflection of the pathology you see in yourself. I’m very glad to see this man on your podcast. And I’d encourage those who’s first exposure to Herzog is this, to be wary of defining the man at all. There is incredible value in starting from the beginning. You’ll learn a lot.
Thank you Werner Herzog. I look forward to following your footsteps 👣. God bless. I love the part where you said This is God's wrath if God does exist. That video. I sincerely appreciate 🙏 your unique life style.
Every time I think about entering the portal I imagine Shang Tsung yelling "it has begun" and then the Outworld becomes dinner with The Intellectual Dark Web and Sam Harris is wearing Mileena's outfit.
I sometimes think Herzog comes across as someone who's almost surprised to still be here and he carries all the wisdom that that brings. He's definitely someone who's lived a thousand lives.
Eric: Correct me if I'm wrong but...
Herzog: You're wrong.
Eric, I value my time -- (this might be my 5th UA-cam comment in a decade) -- I appreciate that the density of your words endorses the value of yours, your guests', and your unknown listeners' time as well.
Thank you for your time Doug. I feel incredibly lucky to read a post from someone who's time is so much more valuable than my own.
I value my time, and as much as I love Eric, I wish he would come back down just a little bit more to earth. Unless he's speaking to and trying to change the Elites and only the Elites, the highly-egoed, self-esteemed individuals who already have all the answers, then I wonder how effective this podcast will actually be on the majority of the world....ahem...the rest of us. I WANT to listen to the whole of his interviews so far. But I just end up listening to Joe Rogan in stead. You do you Eric, and don't stop on my account. But you should know, you're losing me here... You may speak the language of Adam and the Angels, but if you can't translate into common sprek, then you, Adamah, and the Angels will have to do all the Work yourselves.
Wow, a pedantic
@@jackharle1251I hate myself too, but it's "Pedant"
Despite Valve's best efforts, we finally have Portal 3
deeply underrated comment
This makes a lot of sense in a weird way...
Werner has bigger balls than nearly every other director/producer in the world, only equaled by a very few other actual auteurs (of which there are maybe 20 in all of the history of cinema...writer/directors who singularly create their own bodies of work). He's a living testament to the power of having total confidence in one's convictions, and of course, he is irreproducible, a singularity, a gift to humanity.
Stephen Bove I 100% he has knowledge and so much information from many ancient cultures that his sensitivity, creativity and wisdom are far beyond anyone in Hollywood
well said
Bravo! From the audacity of his vision, through his pugnacity of conviction, and all the way down to the humility of his compassion, Herzog gets me right in the gut.
Eric you are truly a gift to humanity, thank you so much for your work. I look forward to seeing more!
Oh my goodness Werner Herzog is a force of nature!! I loved listening to him. I think Eric had a lot of fun doing this interview.
Already hooked, Eric. I get excited thinking about the places and conversations that lie the Portal’s future.
Matthew Smith When’s the universe source code being released ?
matt piper Never. Because man cannot measure movement without using a yardstick that he invented but doesn’t doesn’t actually exist (time).
Matthew Smith Eric Weinstein has the source code. That’s what I mean. Just wondering when he will release it
Lol same, Eric is a dove for starting this podcast. It feels good to actually be optimistic about something for a change.
@@mattpiper266 It's going through beta testing as COVID-19.
By far the most inspirational series and I've only seen watched 8 so far
And just like that, for no particular reason, this episode of the portal was filmed in the lobby of a "24 Hour Fitness".
Eric's brain is a 24 Hour Mental Fitness gym...like hamster wheels of equations lol
@@tarponwranglertheangler6364 Dear sir or madam, at first I thought your screen name said, "Tampon Wrangler". I was simultaneously amused and horrified. :-)
@@John-Brown makes me smile every time someone says that lol. In Florida a Tarpon is a common saltwater fish and word ;)
Bret and Werner use same reading glasses, fascinating. Eric sits in complete disbelief and wonder ! German 'sensibility' is so disarming and riveting. This is a must watch.
Powerful! Werner swims where the brave wade. He encourages and reinforces the good within us that is too often suppressed and ignorantly feared. Again Eric, thank you for making this interview happen.
Werner's voice has the sweet, lilting character of the last thing you hear before you die.
Completely unrelated character but Wim Hof has also that type of voice you would hear before die.
Even better than Episode 002 which I thought could not be topped.
I wanted to know more about this amazing film maker, but never pursued it. Thanks, Eric, for having him.
Eric's prodigious analytical mind is clearly at times completely dumbfounded by the deep abstract thinking of Herzog. Fascinating to see him out of his comfort zone.
It definitely looks like introverted intuition at work, if you'll at least admit that sort of typological concept to the discussion. I don't know that Eric was out of his comfort zone, but I think instead he had a few of his own assertions knocked back and realized that he couldn't lean on existing conclusions (ie, "You're the unreliable narrator..." "No no no, I'm the one who makes sense!" 13:56). People like Eric are extremely adept at grasping the abstract, but they just tend to grab it outside of the conversation, when they're on their own and their subconscious has had enough time to fit the pieces together. But they go further by then locating the finished puzzle within a larger picture, and that, I would submit, is the ability from which someone like Eric draws greatest strength.
Looking at his phone. Trying to intellectualize and Herzog’s like “have you ever stared into the eye of a chicken and seen the abyss?”
I love how Eric is such a gracious interviewer.. He sits deeply in his chair probes and prods just sets off Cascades of stream of consciousness emerging out of Herzog all of which forms a matrix or a kind of netting he operates in. It's very sound. Explains why he's subjected himself to so much danger with decades of his hazardous filming and yet has never been really injured or hurt. There's something subtlety superhuman about him. Eric has the depth in the respect to respond orthogonally shifting and sieving the sands of Herzog's mind. Two eccentrics.
All while texting. Remarkable.
Eric, your brilliance shines trough silence . Werner is a giant. I wish Portal success. Thank you
This is officially my favorite podcast!! Thank you guys! this is one of the most inspiring things I've ever heard!
I agree with Werner Herzog's admonition to travel on foot - that you see the world differently when you travel on foot. I don't do it long distance because of the time it takes, but it is often how I experience cities that I visit around the world, and it is a completely different experience than traveling on a tour bus.
But for long distance I suggest traveling by bicycle. I once traveled a bit over a thousand miles on a recumbent, unsupported, and I got a completely different perspective than when I have traveled by car.
But traveling on back roads by car is also a valuable experience, and very different from traveling by interstate.
Each of these ways of traveling has its own advantages and disadvantages, but certainly they provide different perspectives and insights, and traveling on less traveled roads exposes one to experiences - raw material for thought - that most people never get.
Very well said.
The most intimate form of travel is by walking second by bicycle the sights. The smells the sounds are all relative
@@SeanPlunkett013 - yes. I particularly remember the sounds and smells of nature when riding on back roads.
Nowadays one might get much the same with an e-bike, but a traditional motorcycle would be too loud and smelly to allow the same perspective.
Already one of my favourite podcasts. Thank you Mr. Weinstein!
You bring light to life, Sir. Thank you for this podcast.
I have a newfound appreciation for mr. Herzog. I very much enjoyed this! Thank you.
Eric, ' Livin' between the Dash' YOU snagged an interview with Werner Herzog! Bravo. (holy moly) Thank you very much!
Great! A beautiful episode!! Thank you!
Way to revert our expectations by calling this podcast Number 3. This is a good start of something unusual.
Eric, you have many excellent qualities. Please don't diminish the conversation by fiddling with your phone. Thank you and I look forward to more episodes of "The Portal".
What a wonderful podcast. The more people exposed to this material the better. This content is a public service. Kudos to Mr. Weinstein for wanting to expose the most amount of people to this as possible. Mr. Weinstein really is the essence of America, sharing information for the betterment of all mankind. Kudos!
I love his story of walking two weeks to visit a dying friend because he couldn't get a plane. The man is a legend.
This channel will become huge :)
...a huge failure.
@@squatch545 Very witty reply Joe....
@@squatch545 This podcast is not your kind of thing, we get it. Look somewhere else, I am sure you'll find something that suits you on the Internet.
@@markdowd714 Thanks. I'm here all week. Enjoy the buffet.
@@squatch545 thin picking.
Truly a subject worthy of Eric's interest and attention. I am currently reading 'Werner Herzog. A Guide For the Perplexed' and have seen many of his films. A truly remarkable and brilliant man.
OMG WERNER ! So excited to rediscover this. Werner, du bist mein Held ! WOW, what a great INTRODUCTION!
Eric you really nailed it with that mystical music that plays during the introduction , it gives me goose bumps and makes me very excited to journey through the portal with you and the others ;)
Eric, you must be kidding me. Werner Herzog... Amazing mastermind!
Exactly! I went 'Whaaaat!? No way!' A MASTER of human arts, deep thinker, and an acclaimed author. A great choice for the guest. Your list of potential discussion-partners must be mind blowing. Don't stop it now!
He could've just text him by the amount he had his phone out!!
I'm only 27 minutes in and this is one of the coolest things I've seen on the internet.
I don't know if Eric feels he's getting into the portal, but when he watches the camera here like "is this for real?" I feel life is a funny show.
It's always nice have a film director tell us what will and won't be possible in the future of space travel.
If Herzog is loud and animated enough about it, maybe he will actually be able to be remembered for something when proven wrong.
Despite all the stupid questions of this guy, Herzog is a genius and make the interview masterful
The intro has me so fired up
Herzog is a titan in every way. One of the greatest artists of the century
That intro song is so trippy! Amazing!
If you liked that, you should check out Ray Lynch - The Oh Of Pleasure.
Synthesizer eargasm.
An amazing conversation. Many threads to follow. I feel as if my mind was just pollinated. :-)
One of the greatest filmmakers to ever walk the earth, right under his predecessors: Bergman, Fellini, Truffaut etc. Herzog is from another time, where filmmakers were not only entertainers but were thinkers, the Platos and Nietzcha's of the "modern times".
And his only advice is to read??? Not a very successful self-promoter. I bet he couldn't even list verbally his own movies.
@@CandidDate bro if you wanna make movies not bullshit but intelligent movies you gotta be well-read.
Well said. Herzog is philosopher who happens to make movies.
My previous comment is trivial but important. However I am so thrilled to have this to listen to again and again
Eric's spirit animal is definitely a bullfrog...
With glasses
But with a super agile tongue catching flies everywhere around him without moving
Dying
Very refreshing to see and hear a real personality.
"WALKING" to become "WISE" was a very powerful point.
But his opinions on science, math, space & computers are totally wrong and arbitrary.
I'm hyped about this podcast. I have a suggestion. As viewer I was a little surprised, -annoyed and -distracted because of Eric's cellphone use when during the show. My request would be: drop the phone during the podcast.
probably his notes for the intervieuw
@@nlysts I think that is the most likely answer, but do not think it makes it much better.
@Azlorn Magus You are categorically wrong.
Scrolling through phone during podcast. Classy.
I'm doing the same right now. What's the problem?
Really enjoy Eric on many levels. That is a problem of our times, prioritising. Eric broke a golden rule right there. Redemption can be earned, he has done that in the soon to follow ART OF CHARM interview. It is a must watch/listen and understand it's depth. UNITY2020
Eric Weinstein on The Portal: "We need to be able to dream again of space exploration and eternal life, and we're going to invite guests to discuss these these things."
Guest on The Portal: "Yeah that's not gonna happen."
XD
Everyone *needs* to watch Herzog's "Encounters at the End of the World".
It is a documentary in the Antarctic McMurdo station concerning the human condition (in my opinion). Best doco ever made.
Thanks, Sebastian, for the recommendation. I will certainly check it out.
It's a beautiful doc
eugh...its not on Netflix or Prime... dammit i luv a good Doc & this sounds like my cup of tea :(
Dick Cancer It’s on UA-cam! 🤦♂️
@@dickcancer9689 Dammit. It used to be on Netflix. That's where I saw it. Beautifully shot and looked amazing on my 65" LCD. I loved that film, as well as his cave painting and internet docs also. Why the fuck does a company with infinite storage need to remove movies from their catalog? So annoying.
Props to the interviewer for asking intelligent q's and bringing out interesting answera.
Another whale caught and landed by Eric --- Werner is the MAN - absolutely incredible guy. Thank you! D.A., J.D., NYC
This was amazing. Always admired this guy.
Werner is much funnier than I would have thought. That accent just makes people sound so serious! He's getting more laughs from the crew than Bryan Callen did and he's an actual comedian!
Keep 'em coming, Eric! You're still a little rough around the edges as an interviewer (seem to have a little trouble with transitions when your interlocutor leaves you with unexpected dead-air), but I can tell this is just a learning-curve issue. Your insights are profound and you have a gift for pulling fascinating introspection out of the people you're talking too.
Can't wait to see where you and your brother go from here. Keep up the good work. Much love from Arizona.
wow, Herzog! I am very impressed!
That was fantastic Eric. Thanks very much. Never heard of this man!
I'd pay good money to listen to Herzog read a phonebook.
Thank you for chosing PodCast.
Abnormally thought provoking Podcast. Don't even know where to begin...
Mr Weinstein, i cannot Express how awesome this is. Thank you for doing it and never stop sir.
Eric, love the content, your well thought perspective is appreciated. please do more podcasts I would listen every week if you did also UA-cam’s algorithm likes reagular posting. Cheers.
Werner is such a perfect madman!
First Peter Thiel and now Werner Herzog. Eric unleashed this podcast at 500 mph.
Reading war and peace atm, love it when books I'm immersed in get drummed up elsewhere.
Travel on foot and read, On it 🙌
Great to see more content, I listened to episode 2 and got the chills all over. Can't wait for more, can't wait to be challenged Intellectually. :) Thanks eric
Patiently waiting on episode 4!!!! I'm so hooked to this podcast.
Such an amazing surprise you had him on. Fantastic
Around 32:00 Herzog claiming that he's very prudent and considerate of others, he lists a litany of people who never got seriously injured: his actors and production people who were very close to him.
Is anyone going to mention the deaths and injuries of the local indigenous people who participated in the film? It's quite egregious that he would say essentially "no one got hurt in my 70 movies", completely ignoring all the actual people who got hurt, but who happened to be not his friends or actors, when he's probably the director with whom most people got hurt in movies....
Great talk this Eric, I love Werner too. Wasn't he shot with an air-rifle? lol Conjures visions of the "Trainspotting" smackheads, plinking passers-by in the park and the character Renton WAS a vegetarian, unlike Werner! haha
I can not believe you saw fit to use your phone during this discussion.
Yes at approx 37 min....Eric if you are going to insult your guest like that please at the very least keep a long shot on your guest so the audience is not aware of how big a dick you're being... just an fyi....I'm sure it was critically important but unless we understand the critical nature of it you might wanna hold off on Chess with Friends until after the interview....😋😁
Glad someone else noticed this. I was a bit disappointed, and thought it was rather risky doing that to a man who would call you out with devastating effectiveness.
I think he was using his phone for notes/comments and hopefully mentioned that to Herzog. But yes I agree that does look pretty bad lol.
yeah, wtf?
Paused the episode to make this comment.
50:00
Travel on foot no matter the distance and read thousands of books...
Break all laws as long as u don’t hurt anyone
Crazy wisdom at its best
& if you're short on time, maybe cycle the distance
The legend! Kudos for scoring a great filmmaker.
The most important thing I learned from Werner Herzog is "the poet must not avert his eyes." I've also learned that it's not always an easy maxim to live by. Many times I've looked away when I should have stared.
"obscuring the sky for a wide, wide area, is something that should not happen... not only a crime against the human race but a crime against creation.." exactly Mr. Herzog! Wonderful interview! (Grizzly Man is his movie I love.)
Episode 3 was great. Thanks Eric
Accomplished artists are often quite difficult to define. I get the feeling Werner is constantly conscious of this fact. He disagrees regardless of the proposition in order to give himself the opportunity to frame it in a surprising way, even if the answer isn't surprising at all. An intellectual sleight of hand. I think spending a lot of time with this man would be exhausting.
Your observation is pretty on point and applies to many artistic types. This dude is a cinematic genius but damn its boring to hear him talk.
im ten percent into it and i cant watch anymore, his spirit matches his voice= painfully tiring
As someone not familiar with his film work, I didn't find him a particularly interesting speaker or thinker. I'm sure his artistic work is good and he's done amazing thing, but I didn't think his storytelling was compelling or his insights thought-provoking.
So you're basically saying he's pretentious in the event that he eludes you in what is 'often a difficult task,' 'defining people', for which purpose you invent the idea that Werner Herzog is contrary just for effect. As well as saying you say you found the statements of this accomplished artist 'surprising'(?) but dismissable as 'intellectual sleight of hand.' What is your remark if not 'intellectual sleight of hand'? Werner Herzog is not up to your standard although you can't be sure because he has somehow eluded your legendary defining ability. Hollow boasting, isn't it?
Thanks for this, Eric. I'm very excited for The Portal!
HOLY FUCK. AS AN ARTFAG, I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS UNCOVERED GEM. HERZOG IS THE GREATEST GERMAN FILMMAKER SINCE FRITZ LANG AND I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS INTERVIEW EXISTS.
As a fan, I was hyped for this podcast when I heard about it on JRE. Ep 1 was great, Ep 2 had me excited for what was to come, but Ep 3 is nothing at all what I wanted from this podcast, and nothing at all like it was advertised to be about. Personlly I’d love to see another feed/podcast for guests like this, and keep The Portal more in line with what we need from you Eric! Just my thoughts, have subscribed and am enjoying it either way. Thanks
thank you once again, Highly fascinated by these conversations!
These episodes are released in non-linear time. Absolute mad-chad!
Beautifully visceral episode. Thank you Mr. Weinstein. Btw I am reading your recent paper currently.v
Thanks for this Eric. Got to know you from JBP and the IDW. I'm getting know a lot of things that I would never have gotten into to. More power to you! :-)
Excellent podcast it would be great to see Alan Moore in the future.
Rhognald McDognald's this needs to happen!
you're dreaming, but i like the idea
(pretty sure Alan Moore doesn't do anything but sit in his living room and astral project)
I agree you should have your interview notes on a piece of paper or written down. Because that way the interviewee can see that you're looking at a list or notes that you've made for yourself. but if you put your notes on your phone your interviewee can't know that and he might just assume that you're not even looking at notes and that you're not paying attention.
Wonderful podcast Eric, thanks for introducing me to such a wonderfully interesting filmmaker and I look forward to your continued interviews. Best of luck!
wow, what a portal w.h. brings us. lots and lots - thank you.
21 minutes in and wow this is amazing!! This will be a tough act to follow, but I think Eric is a phenomenal interviewer, so I will likely enjoy whoever he brings on.
Werner's comments about walking coincide with an author whom I heard speak within the past few years (I wish I could remember the name of the author, as I was listening to a radio show). That is: one of the things that virtually all geniuses had in common was putting one foot in front of the other, walking, for long distances. Whether it was Aristotle, Mozart, Einstein, or any other number of intellectually amazing people, a great many of them walked. A lot.
Impatiently waiting on a new episode!
damn, i'm liking your tastes - herzog's my favorite film maker. keep up the podcast, it's been enjoyable so far!
Werner's immediate/without hesitation answer to the which 2 books question. From the mind and the heart.
Would you consider an interview with Noam Chomsky
Don’t do that. Chomsky’s an idiot
@@notbot8830 maybe I personally don't agree or simply right up don't understand his ideas but as an influential figure on the left and in the academic world it would definitively be an interesting clash of ideas
I think it is a great idea, I would love to hear how he interacts with Eric.
Would be an interesting discussion . Would be nice to hear opposing sides debate . Without the riot police .
Wow. One of the most important people of our time. How you managed this is beyond me.
Many comments are critical, largely because this is their first exposure to Herzog. For those people I’d suggest studying this mans work, from the beginning. Without context, be wary of ascribing an identity or diagnosing pathologies. He’s way ahead of you, and is quite aware of the human as a collection of pathologies.
To define him by any of them is already wrong, by default. He has integrated them. Rather than being blindly driven by any of humanities myriad of pathologies, he skillfully uses them each as they serve a purpose or expose a deep truth.
It can seem clunky, or obvious here, but that should be a cue to look deeper. Not cast away. A fully integrated human cannot be defined in a UA-cam comment. And to try is to be wrong by default, or at the least, likely just a reflection of the pathology you see in yourself.
I’m very glad to see this man on your podcast. And I’d encourage those who’s first exposure to Herzog is this, to be wary of defining the man at all. There is incredible value in starting from the beginning. You’ll learn a lot.
Thank you Werner Herzog. I look forward to following your footsteps 👣. God bless.
I love the part where you said
This is God's wrath if God does exist. That video. I sincerely appreciate 🙏 your unique life style.
So good...Im happy and im all in...
Werner "I am moving to Orlando so as to be closer to Disney World" Herzog
Every time I think about entering the portal I imagine Shang Tsung yelling "it has begun" and then the Outworld becomes dinner with The Intellectual Dark Web and Sam Harris is wearing Mileena's outfit.
Oh god stop 😃😃
You sure it isn't Doctor Strange repeating the same script with Bill Murray?