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	Heart Of Glass Movie Review (1976) from Channel 4 Film
		As is frequently the case with Herzog's famously extreme shooting methods, the director casts his net into the primordial gloop and brings up a slow but beautifully shot and eerily toned vision of mass hysteria set amid the magnificent landscapes of pre-industrial Bavaria.
		Working from Herbert Achternbusch's adaptation of a German folk tale, a small village is renowned for its ruby glass.
		When the chief glassblower dies without revealing how the glass is imbued with its mysterious properties, the villagers succumb first to depression and then to collective madness.
	www.channel4.com /film/reviews/film.jsp?id=104143 (285 words)

	Neil Young's Film Lounge
		The firm — and thus the town — are plunged into crisis when glass expert Muhlbeck dies, taking with him the secret of the firm’s renowned ‘ruby glass.’ The impact upon bosses and workers alike is a mood of desolate, terminal, dejection.
		Combining aspects of gothic horror movie, weird fairytale and crazy comedy, Heart of Glass is a way-out bit of seventies experimental cinema that’s also a wildly over-ambitious chronicle of a nation’s history, art and philosophy — nothing less than an attempt to analyse the essence of Germany’s tortured soul.
		Heart of Glass clearly isn’t like anything else — and this may not necessarily be a good thing.
	www.jigsawlounge.co.uk /film/heartofglass.html (313 words)

	Heart of Glass : DVD
		´Heart of Glass´ was quite the daring experiment from the extraordinary German filmmaker Werner Herzog.
		"Heart of Glass" tells the story of a town known for making ruby glass, but when the man who made the glass dies, he never revealed his secret how to do with it, the town begins to go a bit over the top.
		They´ve lost the life-sustaining secret to the magical ruby-red glass that was once made in the local glassworks, and their predicament cannot be solved by the mystic (Josef Bierbichler, the only actor not hypnotized) who appears with premonitions of the fate of all humankind.
	www.pagenation.com /an/B00005R247.html (1486 words)

	Heart of Glass - DVDs & VHS - MovieMail UK
		An extraordinary film from a visionary director, a romantic in no wistful sense but rather as one who explores the limits of expression and who dares to fail in the quest to bring his vision to life.
		Heart Of Glass is a visionary tale based on a Bavarian rural labourer, who was gifted with visions of the future.
		Werner Herzog's film Heart Of Glass is a heartbreaking vision of the apocalypse, and of rebirth, showing us some of the greatest images in film history, ending with a small band of men giving up their existence in search of the meaning of life.
	www.moviemail-online.co.uk /films/11575 (673 words)

	Rent Heart Of Glass. DVD rentals from ScreenSelect - the new online way to rent DVDs in the UK.
		In director Werner Herzog's most conceptual and perhaps most challenging film, HEART OF GLASS, a small Bavarian town is plunged into a mysterious and haunted despair when the owner of the town's preindustrial glass factory dies, failing to pass on the secret formula for its special ruby-colored glass.
		The film is as close to a dream as one is likely to see, albeit a plodding, endless, absurd dream which keeps one in a state of perplexed confusion the morning after.
		If this film has a chief strength, it's that it dares us to re-emerge from the experience of watching it and somehow engage with modern society in the same way we are used to; difficult, I'd say, as the film is largely about society.
	www.screenselect.co.uk /visitor/reviews.html?product_id=8877&sort=date (1358 words)

	The Austin Chronicle Screens: Heart of Glass
		Music in Twelve Parts, Einstein on the Beach, Koyaanisqatsi, Powaqqatsi: The music of American avant-garde composer Philip Glass is as much a part of the tonalities of the modern musical landscape as the background hum of electricity, and often just as inexplicably soothing.
		The UT Performing Arts Center's upcoming "Philip on Film" program (Tuesday-Saturday, Oct. 2-6) brings together a large part of the composer's film scores to be performed live by the Philip Glass Ensemble.
		And we had to be careful to make sure that each film wouldn't be compromised by whatever might be coming before or after it.
	www.austinchronicle.com /issues/dispatch/2001-09-28/screens_feature.html (583 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Heart Of Glass [1976]: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Heart of Glass begins with a scene of quiet contemplation, as the central protagonist sits alone on a rock overlooking a field of cattle, entranced by the pulsating sounds of the Scandinavian soundtrack and the sight of a thick, impenetrable fog that lingers across the screen.
		Heart of Glass moves toward a very ambiguous plain, though there are pointers towards this in the classic Enigma of Kaspar Hauser.
		Heart of Glass is an interesting work, cinema for those who appreciate something that challenges; though be warned!- it is nowhere near works such as Aguire, Wrath of God, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, Stroszek or Fitzcarraldo...
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00006CY8W (1045 words)

	MovieMartyr.com - Heart of Glass
		Werner Herzog’s Heart of Glass is a cryptic and astounding piece of work, but its unfailing elusiveness hardly compromises the apocalyptic overtones that turn up here.
		The misty Bavarian landscapes that the most of the events of the film take place in seem to be perfect cover for secrets, and what little plot there is in Heart of Glass hinges upon a secret.
		Heart of Glass’ vantage point seems to sympathize most with Hias, the prophet cowherd that warns the villagers of impending doom.
	www.moviemartyr.com /1976/heartofglass.htm (560 words)

	heart of glass (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Heart of Glass is a combination medieval fever-dream and euro-Deadhead lsd trip, an opaque but apparently finely crafted artifact encountered somewhere along a blind journey from Tarkovsky's Andrei Rublev to Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man.
		The sparse narrative involves a pre-modern glassworks where the master glassblower has just died, taking the secret of his superlative "ruby glass" with him, to the great distress of the factory's workers and owner, while the dark prophecies of the resident brooding mystic bring everyone further down.
		The film's a good vehicle for transporting the viewer out of fast-paced ad-cluttered nowness, and watching the glass-blowers do their thing is visually diverting while it lasts--but don't expect to see a movie, exactly.
	www.eccentrix.com /members/filmlit/heartofglass.html (150 words)

	Herz Aus Glas (Heart Of Glass) (1976) - The CHUD.COM Message Boards
		Werner Herzog's "Heart of Glass" brings up questions about filmmaking and how many points a film should receive for being different than the structure we are all so used to.
		The film follows a parade of personalities, characters of little grounding beyond the image of humanity given them by the fact that they are played by humans.
		Note: One bothersome thing that occurred to me after the film had finished was that I was only presuming the town loses its mental stability after the death of the glassblower since that is what they talk about early on.
	www.chud.com /forums/showthread.php?t=76066 (1277 words)

	The Glass Shield DVD Reviewed on AudioVideoRevolution.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The film surrounds what is ostensibly an L.A. County Sheriff’s office and the corruption that slowly becomes uncovered by a couple of young minority officers.
		Film Scoring with Stephen James Taylor is a brief 10-minute discussion with the composer where he talks about a few different scenes and what he did for them.
		Part of what makes it interesting is that the film clearly isn’t as good as the filmmakers intended it to be; the flaws become more impactful as a learning tool when accompanied by the commentary, particularly because Burnett is very open about what he wanted, why, and whether or not he felt he achieved it.
	www.avrev.com /dvd/revs/glassshield.html (1459 words)

	Amazon.com: Heart of Glass (1973) : Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The essential metaphor which beats at the heart of glass, is the terrible and frightening fragility of existence.
		That murder, insanity and death should hang palpably over this film is no accident; the glass is red for a reason as it represents the very life essence of the village, with the demise of its vital ingredient, so the village slowly dies.
		Structurally this is a confusing film, jumping all over the place, no regard for time or space - which gives it a dream logic perfect to the content of the film.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6302551730?v=glance (2139 words)

	DVDFILE.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The film is a fable about a 19th Century Bavarian village whose chief glassmaker has died without passing on the secrets of his Ruby Glass, which is the town's biggest source of income and seems to be the symbolic life center that holds everyone together.
		The film is presented in its 1.66:1 theatrical aspect ratio with anamorphic enhancement.
		As expected from the age and origin of the film, this is a constrained sound mix with limited fidelity.
	www.dvdfile.com /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1796&Itemid=3 (969 words)

	EUFS: Heart of Glass (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		A wandering herdsman with magical powers gives the secret of making a unique and precious Ruby glass to a small town factory owner When he dies without relinquishing the formula for the remarkable glass the factory collapses into bankruptcy, and with it the town that was dependent upon it.
		An undeniably typically Herzogian film, Heart of Glass is fitfully both agonisingly abstruse and intensely intimate.
		Herzog plays with the apocalyptic significance of his setting, with the obvious fabulous qualities of the story, and by placing the tale at the end of a pastoral Arcadian age, as the tiny town is on the brink of tremendous upheaval in the period of transition that is approaching, the Industrial Revolution.
	www.eufs.org.uk /films/heart_of_glass.html (183 words)

	BBC - Films - review - Heart of Glass DVD
		"Heart of Glass" is as bizarre as it is mesmerising, filled with evocative scenery, captured with immense patience and confidence by director Werner Herzog.
		As this is one of his films that didn't feature Klaus Kinski, we're sadly robbed of any amusing 'Kinski going bananas' style anecdotes.
		The result was a cast of 35 people, who were in a trance during the film, uttering lines they had learnt under hypnosis.
	www.bbc.co.uk /films/2002/09/02/heart_of_glass_1976_dvd_review.shtml (478 words)

	Herz aus Glas (1976) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Trivia: The majority of the actors (with the exception of Hias and the glass blowers) were actually hypnotized by Werner Herzog and perform under hypnosis on screen.
		Heart of Glass could stand as the archetype of the so-called "pretentious European cinema," you know, the kind you would have seen Mike Meyers make fun of in his "Sprockets" sketches on SNL.
		The film is as shallow as could be.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0074626 (401 words)

	2004 Philadelphia Film Festival - Film Details (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		From this perspective, Werner Herzog’s film about the contemporary practice of ancient Buddhist rites can be considered a contribution to world peace.
		Between these filmed meccas, interviews with the Dalai Lama offer his enlightening cultural translations of Buddhist belief.
		Wheel of Time is not only a film about the continuity of faith, but also the continuation of a master’s work.
	www.phillyfests.com /pff/2004/templates/film_details.cfm?id=2831 (318 words)

	Heart of Glass movie review - Film - Time Out New York
		The tale it tells is plainly allegorical: a glass factory declines into bankruptcy when its owner dies without divulging the formula for its special ruby glass, and the village that depended on the factory for employment goes down with it.
		But one doesn't have much chance to mull over the implications during the film itself: Herzog directs attention squarely at the performances (which are almost agonisingly intense) and at the imagery (which is very beautiful in a German Gothic way).
		Any film that dares to hover so close to sheer absurdity needs - and deserves - a sympathetic audience.
	www.timeout.com /film/newyork/reviews/71838/Heart_of_Glass.html (346 words)

	German Films/Themes by Title
		Werner Herzog's films are characterized by their willingness to go off the deep end, but Heart Of Glass goes deeper then usual.
		During the filming Herzog hypnotized his actors in order to helps convey what the director describes as 'an atmosphere of hallucianation, of prophecy and of the visionary.' Set in the pre-industrial past, the story tells of a German village that loses the secret of making its unique Ruby glass.
		Legendary film from the German post-expressionism period, extremely daring for this time in suggesting lesbianism in the story of a young girl whose is choked by the authoritarian boarding school she attends.
	www.hunter.cuny.edu /~chanin/german.html (1883 words)

	BBC - Films - Shattered Glass DVD
		Based on the true story of political journo Stephen Glass - who fooled Americans with a slew of fabricated news articles - Billy Ray's Shattered Glass is "All The President's Men for the Clinton era".
		After watching a riveting 60 Minutes interview with the man himself, it becomes clear that Glass is the worst kind of attention seeker - revelling in the spotlight even in a state of disgrace.
		But it's difficult to shake the feeling that Glass is actually proud of having duped his superiors, and the American people at large.
	www.bbc.co.uk /films/2004/09/14/shattered_glass_2004_dvd_review.shtml (599 words)

	VH1.com : Movies : Heart of Glass : Main
		Heart of Glass (Herz aus Glas) is a mesmeric production by Werner Herzog about the power a...
		Heart of Glass (Herz aus Glas) is a mesmeric production by Werner Herzog about the power and importance of art.
		In this film, Herzog decided that the best way to get his people to dance to the crack of his whip was to actually put them...
	www.vh1.com /movies/movie/15134/moviemain.jhtml (153 words)

	All Things Strings: Reviews
		Philip Glass had slipped off my radar of late, that is until I popped the five discs included in Philip on Film (Nonesuch 79660-2) into the CD player last weekend.
		The genius of this often maligned composer came rushing out of the woven glass-and-kevlar speakers in an exhilarating whirlwind of string-driven sound—well, OK, the cut was "The Storm," from the 1999 soundtrack to filmmaker Tod Browning's Dracula (performed by the Kronos Quartet).
		There is, after all, an almost mechanical quality to his music: In a nod toward Andy Warhol's factory (in which the legendary pop artist employed assistants to churn out his famous prints), Glass is credited as the first composer to use production-line techniques and electronic sampling to hasten his composition projects.
	www.stringsmagazine.com /issues/strings101/reviews.html (1325 words)

	Archive > Press > Magazines > The Sunday Times Magazine
		TROUBLE IN When Deborah Harry made her first film, Union City, early last year she was already famous in the U.K. as lead singer of the pop group Blondie, but still comparatively obscure in her native America.
		Then, before the film was finished, her number Heart of Glass made her equally celebrated in the USA.
		But her film role turned out to be at odds with her Blondie image.
	www.rip-her-to-shreds.com /archive_press_magazines_sundaytimes_23march80.php (1139 words)

	Herz aus Glas (1976)
		The majority of the actors (with the exception of Hias and the glass blowers) were actually hypnotized by Werner Herzog and perform under hypnosis on screen.
		It is a film that invites you to meditate and free-associate at your own will.
		The long sections with hypnotizing music and magical landscapes balances well with the rest of the story, and there are scenes were dialogue, visuals and music, creates an incredibly dense atmosphere.
	us.imdb.com /Title?0074626 (298 words)

	Heart of Glass - Rotten Tomatoes
		In director Werner Herzog’s most conceptual and perhaps most challenging film, HEART OF GLASS, a small Bavarian town is plunged into a mysterious and haunted despair when the owner of the town’s preindustrial glass factory dies, failing to pass on the secret formula for its special ruby-colored glass.
		The aesthetic and narrative paths merge as the film leads viewers deep into the hypnotic and at times gothic plight of the workers and townspeople who stumble through the town, mesmerized and dazed, verging on murder and madness.
		Herzog sets the tone not only with the highly stylized performances of his actors, who were actually hypnotized, but also by his signature attention to landscape and ethereal environments, creating a mystical plane of unreality.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/heart_of_glass/about.php (426 words)

	Amazon.ca: Heart of Glass: Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The pacing of the film is slow, in keeping with the trance-affected acting.
		Personally, this is not my favourite of his films, and I think the experiment with hypnotism is something of a failure dramatically, but nevertheless he has created a work of art that is unique and endlessly open to interpretation.
		Five stars in the context of the world of film as a whole, but if you have not seen one of his films before then I think 'Stroszek', 'The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser', or 'Aguirre, Wrath of God' are more representative of his work.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/6302551730 (1356 words)

	Gift Guide 2: Mind, Body, & Spirit: Heart of Glass (Seattle Weekly)
		Glass — A Green Lake glass studio has devoted itself to bringing people the ligh—with hand-blown candleholders that have a story behind them.
		After the obligatory ornamental glass ball that is the typical first project of all new glassblowers came the obligatory small glass cups, and Rhodes was immediately taken with the short, intensely colored goblets that he brought home.
		On the tag that comes affixed to each ready-to-go (or ready-to-ship) 'baby, Rhodes and her partners refer to their product as a "votive, vessel, [or] vase." There's an unspoken notion that they've created a noun—a word for an object that's in between a pet rock, a spiritual movement, and a piece of usable, glowing art.
	www.seattleweekly.com /diversions/0448/041201_gg_glass.php (1014 words)

	Werner Herzog Series \| Events \| Seattle International Film Festival
		Werner Herzogâs deeply personal, uncompromising documentaries and fiction films (Fata Morgana, Aguirre the Wrath of God, The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser, Heart of Glass, Fitzcarraldo) made him a pioneer of the New German Cinema in the 1970s and early 1980s.
		This film, which has been called a âscif-fi IMAX movie, wowed film critics from London to Hollywood to Rome at the recent Venice Film Festival, where the picture won a special award.
		In this film, which features the compassionate presence of the Dali Lama, Herzogâs presentation of Tibetan Buddhist pilgrimage rituals involving 500,000 people becomes a plea for political and spiritual freedom.
	www.seattlefilm.org /events/detail.aspx?FID=21 (453 words)

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