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- 2007
- Not Rated
- Anchor Bay Entertainment
- 1 h 51 m
- 2007
- Not Rated
- Anchor Bay Entertainment
- 1 h 51 m
Summary Never before released in the United States, Werner Herzog's Cobra Verde is the third part of his trilogy based on Bruce Chatwin's novel "The Viceroy of Ouidah"
Directed By: Werner Herzog
Written By: Bruce Chatwin, Werner Herzog
- 2007
- Not Rated
- Anchor Bay Entertainment
- 1 h 51 m
- 2007
- Not Rated
- Anchor Bay Entertainment
- 1 h 51 m
Cobra Verde
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6.3
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Summary Never before released in the United States, Werner Herzog's Cobra Verde is the third part of his trilogy based on Bruce Chatwin's novel "The Viceroy of Ouidah"
Directed By: Werner Herzog
Written By: Bruce Chatwin, Werner Herzog
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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40% Positive
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2 Reviews
40% Mixed
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2 Reviews
20% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
55
40% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
40% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
20% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
It is too weak to say that Herzog disregards conventions of narrative structure and editing: he is there to punish us for attending his film and to make us enjoy it. Other directors have at times made masochists of us: Herzog excels at this, and he doesn't often do it more stunningly than in Cobra Verde.
Linear storytelling was never Herzog's strong suit even under the best of conditions. His strength lies in capturing lucid lunacy on film, and Manoel da Silva's descent into the jaws of madness is a straight shot into the heart of darkness, a place familiar to both Herzog and Kinski.
Connoisseurs of craziness need wait no longer. Cobra Verde opens today in all its feral, baffling glory. Along with "Aguirre" and "Fitzcarraldo," Cobra Verde completes a trilogy of mayhem and megalomania in hot climates.
It's easy to understand why this was Herzog's final collaboration with the actor (reportedly the director afterward claimed that Kinski had "become uncontrollable") but Kinski's performance nevertheless serves up a potent confusion of documentary and fiction that has long been an essential element of Herzog's filmmaking.
Verde is too blankly amoral to sustain interest, but the film has isolated moments of haunting poetry.
User Score
Generally Favorable
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Generally Favorable
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Awards
Bavarian Film Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
