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Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

2017 · 62 min

A quiet, thoughtful look behind the scenes that reveals the solitary intensity of a legendary director at work.

Directed by
Herbert Golder
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Werner Herzog, Michael Shannon, Chloë Sevigny
Tagline
All men dream, but not equally...
Overview
Chronicles the making of director Werner Herzog’s 2009 feature, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, providing profound insight into the director and his craft. My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done was inspired by the true story of an actor who committed in reality the crime he was supposed to enact on stage: murdering his mother. With longtime friend Herbert Golder behind the lens, Herzog reveals the privacy and deep solitude that defines the director and his art.

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Directed by
Herbert Golder
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Werner Herzog, Michael Shannon, Chloë Sevigny
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  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
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measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
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engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
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  • art
  • madness
  • obsession
  • isolation
  • death
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Horror1
Humour2
Realism9
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity6
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Genres
documentary
Directed by
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Starring
Werner Herzog, Michael Shannon, Chloë Sevigny, Herbert Golder, Udo Kier, Michael Peña, Willem Dafoe, Peter Zeitlinger
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