About a Hero
Piotr Winiewicz / DK, DE, US, 2024 / 84 min.
After a local factory worker named Dorem Clery dies under mysterious circumstances, Werner Herzog travels to Getunkirchenburg to investigate his perplexing death. But Herzog, our narrator, is not who he seems, and the film is not what we expect…
After a local factory worker named Dorem Clery dies under mysterious circumstances, Werner Herzog travels to Getunkirchenburg to investigate his perplexing death. But Herzog, our narrator, is not who he seems, and the film is not what we expect…
A computer will not make a film as good as mine in 4500 years. – Werner Herzog
About a Hero is an adaptation of a script written by an AI trained on Herzog’s body of work. The fictional narrative it produced, ironically self-reflective, is intertwined with a series of interviews with artists, philosophers and scientists reflecting on the notion of originality, authenticity, immortality, and the soul in the age of AI.
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Director
Piotr Winiewicz
Production year
2024
Country
DK, DE, US
Length
84 min.
Language
English, German
Subtitles
ENG
Format
DCP
Part of
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