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White Diamond, The

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White Diamond, The reviews
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7.0 User Score:

Movie Info

Genre(s): Documentary  |  Foreign

Written by:

Directed by: Werner Herzog

Release Date:
Theatrical: June 1, 2005
DVD: October 25, 2005

Running Time: 90 minutes, Color

Origin: Germany

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Werner Herzog (narrator)

A film about the daring adventure of exploring the rainforest canopy with a novel flying device -- the Jungle Airship.

What The Critics Said

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100

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

Touching, transfixing, unique.

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90

Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir

An inexpressibly beautiful and moving film, even though (or because) it seems to be about someone unimportant doing something irrelevant, perhaps something silly, in the face of insurmountable odds and a world that doesn't care.

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90

The New Yorker Anthony Lane

Werner Herzog may lack heroes, nowadays, who seem adequate to his fierce capacity for wonder. When occasion demands, however, he can still turn the world upside down.

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88

Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington

One of the year's best documentaries.

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80

The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias

Herzog also finds extraordinary beauty in what Dorrington is trying to accomplish: Like Jean-Jacques Rousseau in his boat, Dorrington wants to float around the natural world in a reverie, and when he finally does, he experiences a connection with Plage that's genuinely transcendent.

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80

Variety Russell Edwards

Herzog's eye for the weird sometimes makes the docu feel strained, but engaging characters imbue the pic with depth and emotional appeal.

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80

Village Voice Michael Atkinson

Having emerged from his new German cinema heyday as one of the world's most guileless and original documentary filmmakers, Herzog has slowly been crafting a four-dimensional fresco of the planet, its most human-resistant landscapes, and our dubious dramas in confronting the chaos.

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80

The New York Times Dana Stevens

The film, which includes some breathtakingly beautiful images of the green, wet Guyanese jungle and a monumental waterfall that cuts through it, is driven less by narrative than by ideas and impressions.

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80

TV Guide Ken Fox

An intoxicating dream of a film that speaks to the daydreamer in all of us.

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75

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

Although The White Diamond is entire of itself, it earns its place among the other treasures and curiosities in Herzog's work. Here is one of the most inquisitive filmmakers alive, a man who will go to incredible lengths to film people living at the extremes.

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70

Chicago Reader J.R. Jones

This 2004 video documentary by Werner Herzog arrives in town while his hair-raising "Grizzly Man" is still playing, and it's a fascinating companion piece even though his manipulations are more obvious.

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63

New York Post Kyle Smith

Magnificent shots of waterfalls and other natural phenomena abound, but it's far too late in the history of nature photography to expect anyone to gawk at them.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 7.0 (out of 10) based on 6 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Joe K. gave it a10:
Another glimpse of the ecstatic truth from just about the greatest man to ever live...Werner Herzog. I mean that. How else to describe someone whose work thrills me so. Enjoy. Long live Red Man!

Ken L gave it a4:
I have long been a Herzog fan, but he lost me with this dull, meaningless documentary about....about..hmmm what was it about?

Stewart M. gave it a10:
An engaging portrait of a complex and engaging peronality. A original spirit who has the honesty to follow his dreams in our increasingly safe and mundane world.

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