Picked up on this over at The FADER but the real gem is here.
Herzog had once promised to “eat his shoe” if his friend Errol Morris ever finished a film; upon the occasion of the release of Morris’s Gates of Heaven, Herzog did just that.
Watch both videos to get a real sense of what makes Les Blank a legend. The interview in the car is priceless; hearing Werner Herzog admit that no man should go one week without cooking himself a big meal.
