What movie, documentary or narrative, would you use to introduce someone to Werner Herzog?
Keep in mind the audience are late boomers and not into "weird" movies, aka, my parents
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Grizzly Man
Could be bias I suppose, but this one has a proven track record in my experience. Not only was it my introduction to Herzog, but I've had very good success getting other people on board with his particular documentarian style.
Fitzcarraldo.
Go big or go home.
Followed by the documentary about making it.
That episode of the Boondocks
That episode of Rick and Morty.
My best fiend. No contest.
If you hate that, you'll hate all of his works tbh.
I go with this one on second thought.
Even Dwarfs Started Small
This is the last one they should see. For real cinema fans only
Nosferatu, Phantom der Nacht
Or Fitzcarraldo or Aguirre...
So hard to choose!
I would show the old Kinski fiction movies first...