I speak a few languages, and have taken some French, but I’m with Werner on that one.
That was my take…maybe whatever he said wasn’t well-received or understood.
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WHY does he refuse to speak French? What could possibly motivate you to get shot in the head rather than speak it?
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Being Werner Herzog? That’s enough of a reason.
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I feel like we’re missing the fact that when he’s asked how many languages he speaks, he says “Not too many,” and then rattles off eight languages.
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No Russian, so he’s некультурный (nekul’turnyy), uncultured.
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This is also a Harmontown reference, btw.
That quote has haunted me for about 15 years, ever since watching Grizzly Man. I had decided to become an apostate then atheist (didn’t stick), and much of Werner’s narration, this quote particularly, steeled my resolve. I also read Camus’ The Stranger that year.
Cheerful jesters, Herzog and Camus.
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Werner Herzog’s answer to insert any question here turns dark
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Awww a bunny!
John Cusack’s most disturbing film
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To be fair that isn’t all too impressive. They are all closely related languages and he learned the basis for all of them (Latin and Greek) at school.
But then, only with a blaster pistol pointed to his head.
PREVIOUSLY ON BOING BOING
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