{"id":4372,"date":"2006-02-21T17:31:56","date_gmt":"2006-02-21T21:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/httpblogslawharvardeduceerock4\/2006\/02\/21\/herzog-shot-du"},"modified":"2006-02-21T17:31:56","modified_gmt":"2006-02-21T21:31:56","slug":"herzog-shot-during-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ceerock\/2006\/02\/21\/herzog-shot-during-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Herzog Shot During Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How am I so late in hearing about this<\/A>? I adore this man, his legend just keeps growing. Who needs to watch his films, he himself is pure entertainment:

“German director Werner Herzog was shot by a crazed fan during a recent interview with the BBC. <\/SPAN>
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The 63-year-old was chatting with movie journalist Mark Kermode about his new film, documentary Grizzly Man, when a sniper opened fire with an air rifle.<\/P>
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Kermode explains, “I thought a firecracker had gone off.<\/P>
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“Herzog, as if it was the most normal thing in the world, said, ‘Oh, someone is shooting at us. We must go.’<\/P>
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“He had a bruise the size of a snooker ball, with a hole in. He just carried on with the interview while bleeding quietly in his boxer shorts.”<\/P>
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An unrepentant Herzog insisted, “It was not a significant bullet. I am not afraid.”<\/SPAN><\/P>
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Also this<\/A>:<\/P>
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Herzog Helped Phoenix from Car Wreckage<\/B><\/A>
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Oscar-nominee Joaquin Phoenix<\/A> was rescued from his car wreck last week by German cult director Werner Herzog<\/A>. The 31-year-old Walk The Line<\/A> star overturned his car on a canyon road above Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood after his brakes failed and he collided with another vehicle. Phoenix was saved because he was wearing his seat-belt, but has revealed he was helped from the wreckage by the 63-year-old, who has a home nearby. The actor says, “I remember this knocking on the passenger window. There was this German voice saying, ‘Just relax.’ There’s the airbag, I can’t see and I’m saying, ‘I’m fine. I am relaxed. Finally, I rolled down the window and this head pops inside. And he said, ‘No, you’re not.’ And suddenly I said to myself, ‘That’s Werner Herzog<\/A>‘ There’s something so calming and beautiful about Werner Herzog<\/A>‘s voice. I felt completely fine and safe. I climbed out. I got out of the car and I said, ‘Thank you,’ and he was gone.” <\/DIV>
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