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Netflix knew I was going to North Korea and Ethiopia and Iceland. They saw the film and liked it and that was that.

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Werner Herzog
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: September 5
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I was able to persuade them to let me shoot in areas that were beyond the volcano itself. Beyond the joint scientific program between Cambridge University and North Korean scientists. I was able to film in a kindergarten, subway, other things you would not normally be allowed to do.
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You can fight a rumour only with an even wilder rumour.
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Well they are very frightening for me because their stupidity is so flat. You look into the eyes of a chicken and you lose yourself in a completely flat, frightening stupidity. They are like a great metaphor for me... I kind of love chicken, but they frighten me more than any other animal.
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