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May 3, 2019 · Meeting Gorbachev. “Meeting Gorbachev” is not a traditional bio-doc and it’s not only because its co-director, the inimitable Werner Herzog, doesn’t make traditional bio-docs. Yes, this film contains the occasional Herzogian tangent, but what’s more interesting is how much Herzog makes himself a part of the process.
Meeting Gorbachev is a 2018 biographical documentary film directed by Werner Herzog and André Singer about the life of Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union. The film features three interviews between Herzog and Gorbachev, conducted over the span of six months, and had its world premiere at the Telluride Film ...
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Sep 3, 2018 · And yet, it’s ultimately because of Gorbachev’s seeming unwillingness to fit the director’s usual mold that “Meeting Gorbachev” is able to become such a different and engaging bio-doc ...
May 2, 2019 · In Meeting Gorbachev, released at a time of comparative anxiety and uncertainty in the West, they accompany Herzog discussing Gorbachev’s backing for the U.S.-led military intervention, ...
May 2, 2019 · The meat of the documentary consists of three sit-down interviews Herzog held with Gorbachev over half a year. Herzog begins by noting the cultural tension between them, given their home countries ...
- Werner Herzog, Andre Singer
Sep 21, 2018 · Editor: Michael Ellis. Music: Nicholas Singer. With: Mikhail Gorbachev, Werner Herzog, Miklós Németh, George P. Shultz, James A. Baker III, Lech Walesa, Horst Teltschik. (Russian, German ...
Sep 6, 2018 · Herzog conducted three interviews with Gorbachev over a six-month period, and he has an obvious rapport with his subject. The doc begins by sketching a quick history of earlier Russian leaders ...
