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Where the Green Ants Dream (German: Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen) is a 1984 English-language West German film directed and co-written by Werner Herzog, made in Australia.
Feb 8, 1985 · Where the Green Ants Dream: Directed by Werner Herzog. With Bruce Spence, Wandjuk Marika, Roy Marika, Ray Barrett. A geologist employed by an Australian mining company finds himself disputing the rights of some aborigines who believe their land to be sacred.
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- Drama
- Werner Herzog
- 1985-02-08
Where the Green Ants Dream. Werner Herzog believes in the voodoo of locations, in the possibility that if he shoots a movie in the right place and at the right time, the reality of the location itself will seep into the film and make it more real.
A surveying team led by Australian geologist Lance Hackett (Bruce Spence) is setting off subterranean explosions deep in the outback, searching for possible uranium...
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- Werner Herzog
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- Bruce Spence
Jan 11, 2010 · In the wilds of Australia, aboriginal tribe culture is threatened by a giant corporation that wants to mine in one of the holiest sites. Now on iTunes: http://www.itunes.com/movies ...
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Feb 9, 2024 · Werner Herzog's first English-language feature in Australia depicts the trial of Aborigines who protest against mining in their sacred land. The film blends drama, comedy, and Herzog's signature style of epic landscapes and abstract images.
The geologist Lance Hackett is employed by an Australian mining company to map the subsoil of a desert area covered with ant hills prior to a possible uranium extraction. His work is impeded by some aborigines who explain that this is the place where the green ants dream.
