“I should share the work with you”

The emblematic German director Werner Herzog takes on its continuation of the ecstatic truth at a new border: Instagram.

The 82 -year -old filmmaker behind Fitzcirarraldo, Aguire, the anger of God, nosfertu the vampyre, And Grizzlyopened its official Instagram account this week, with the label: “I’m Werner Herzog. It will be my Instagram.”

His first video article shows herzog standing in what looks like a clearing in a forest, a gross grid steak on the coals at his feet.

“My name is Werner Herzog,” he said in this Bavarian sound accent familiar to all his fans. “I was asked why I am not present in the media, in social media. But I don’t use a cell phone or something like that. But I had the feeling, I should share the work and daily things with you. So, I open an Instagram account for you. ”

Herzog’s perspective, one of the last wild men of independent cinema, publishing selfies and sharing ideas in the depths of his mind, seems to have gone well. “The greatest day of my life,” posted German influencer Tom Boettcher in the comments section. “The biggest day,” said the user is Theheyman. A user with the Simontunes tag noted: “Driving all other accounts. This is this one ”.

“I mean that we have lost the incredible presence of David Lynch here, it helps a little :),” added another user.

Herzog was honored at Venice Film Festival on Wednesday evening with a Golden Lion, Golden Lion, who was presented to him by the equally legendary Francis Ford Coppola. Presenting his statue, Coppola said that he “came here to rent Werner Herzog, and it is not enough to rent Werner Herzog. You have to celebrate the fact that someone like him can really exist. ”

“If Werner has limits, I don’t know what they are,” added Coppola. “Werner’s life and its very existence send everyone a challenge: keep me if you can!” And we really wonder if someone will. Werner, I will eat my hat if someone arrives who can do it. ”

Accepting his price, Herzog said that he had “always tried to be a good cinema soldier, and it looks like a medal for my work. However, I did not retire. I work as always. “

Herzog’s most recent documentary, Ghost elephantshad its world premiere out of competition in Venice on Wednesday.