When Two Filmmakers Make the Same Movie

Start exploring the riches of cinema with an extended free trial at https://mubi.com/likestoriesofold Help me make more videos! Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/LikeStoriesofOld Leave a One-Time Donation: https://www.paypal.me/TomvanderLinden Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LikeStoriesofOld Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tom.vd.linden Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tom_LSOO About this video essay: Last year, two filmmakers made the same documentary about volcanoes. One got nominated for an Oscar, the other one was made by Werner Herzog. Let’s talk about what his film, The Fire Within, reveals about the meaning of ecstatic truth, the deep humanism invoked by sublime wonder, and the inexplicable magic of cinema. Content: 00:00 Introduction 02:10 In Search of Adequate Images 05:06 Competing Filmmaking Philosophies 09:04 What is Ecstatic Truth? 13:02 From Sublime Wonder to Humanism 17:07 The Inner Chronicle of What We Are Listen to my podcast, Cinema of Meaning: iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cinema-of-meaning/id1611352831 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4n6zZZQjiKsLNfyldNAi8b YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@cinemaofmeaning Nebula: https://nebula.app/cinemaofmeaning Further Reading: Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list 10 Books that changed my life: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life 10 More books that inspired my thinking: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking My Camera Gear: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/my-travel-camera-gear Music: Canyon City - Simple (instrumental) Benjamin Martins - Ether Sku Alon Peretz - Shimmer Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3532571/1347628/16252