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Insightful, deliberate and interesting. Another herzo documentary that captures you and makes you watch throughout.
This is basically about 2 people on death row and how they got there and what happens next. Herzog speaks to the murderers, victims, family members and people involved with the case.
The people in this film, without exception, cite God as a force in their lives. The killers, their relatives, the relatives of their victims, the police, everyone. God has a plan. It is…
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A truly excellent selection of interviews, which Werner Herzog seems to be able to extract from all kinds of people, really give life to this story. Although at times it seems as though Herzog is a tad pushy with his politics (against the death penalty), this isn't too much of an issue, and can be overlooked in the face of this great documentary.
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A Herzog documentary with humanity and depth.
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Abyss' is hurt by its predetermined sympathies but the demonstration of the scope and mass effect a single act has on the lives of every creed overcomes this pitfall. Volumes are spoken by Herzog letting his presence be felt by the camera and how long he allows it to sit on a subject (whether they're struggling with grief or uncomfortable about facing the truth about their questionable past) instead of relying on his voice.
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"Γιατί ο Θεός επιτρέπει στο κράτος να τιμωρεί με θάνατο?" , ρωτάει η φωνή πίσω από την κάμερα. Γιατί ο ίδιος θεός επιτρέπει σε κάποιον άνθρωπο να βιάσει , να σκοτώσει , να διαλύσει οικογένειες, ρωτάω εξοργισμένος την ίδια στιγμή εγώ?
Πρόκειται για ντοκυμαντέρ που αφορά τις τελευταίες ώρες ενός μελλοθάνατου λίγο πριν περπατήσει το green mile. Ο σκηνοθέτης μας παρουσιάζει όλη την ιστορία από το έγκλημα με μαρτυρίες αστυνομικών και real police footage , τη σύλληψη , τη δίκη.… -
The greatest compliment one can give to a documentary is that it was effective enough to have changed your views on the issue it is presenting. Into The Abyss did just that.
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It was actually kinda boring. The narration was annoying and couldn't stay on topic.
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It would be easy to dismiss "Into the Abyss" as a Herzog's anti-capital punishment film, and it is quite obvious that Herzog is against it. However, the film is not about opposing public policy, but rather looking at a crime, and how it affects everyone, from the criminals themselves, their families, the families of the victims, in one case a new family that came as a result of the murders, friends and Conroe residents, and state officials who have to…
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I love Herzog. I enjoy a good depressing documentary too. This left me wanting more of both.
I liked the Prologue with the Chaplain talking about seeing the beauty of God while he golfs and saving the life of a squirrel.
I didn't really feel like the film was trying to say anything really. It sort of felt like just another death sentence case and here are the people effected by it. Eh...
Doesn't exactly hold up to something like Murder on a Sunday Morning, Brother's Keeper or Thin Blue Line.
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...And so it seems that Werner can do no wrong. In a generation filled with brash sensationalism and shameless political pandering, Herzog remains a filmmaker who refuses to bow to the trends, and stands faithful to the only ideology he lives by: cinema. 'Into the abyss' is a stunning, unbiased look into the days leading up to the execution of two young men, and offers poignant insight into one of the most inevitable and horrifying moments that every one of…
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This may be the first film where I wanted LESS of Herzog. His interjections in the interviews are so clumsy and invasive, they sap most of the power out of some interesting testimonies. His awkward lingering camera on silent faces just came off as goofy. But I did learn that there's a town in Texas called Cut and Shoot, so there's that.
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How would you feel, laying down on that gurney, knowing that in a few minutes, you would cease to exist?
How would you feel, getting that phone call telling you that your family's been ripped away from you? And that emptiness, that lasts not for days, not for months, but for years.
"All three of us, we had Thanksgiving together ... over at the diagnostics unit. They think it's kinda cool, but as a father, I thought it was pretty…