{"id":11637,"date":"2011-04-18T14:07:54","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T13:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=11637"},"modified":"2011-04-18T15:06:51","modified_gmt":"2011-04-18T14:06:51","slug":"werner-herzog-and-cormac-mccarthy-on-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2011\/04\/18\/werner-herzog-and-cormac-mccarthy-on-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"Herzog and McCarthy on NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The NPR radio show Science Friday<\/a> recently brought together director Werner Herzog<\/a> and novelist Cormac McCarthy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hosted by Ira Flatow<\/a>, the discussion is themed on the connection between art and science and also includes physicist Lawrence Krauss<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Aside from being a great meeting of minds, is it a genuinely fascinating hour long talk that also takes in Herzog’s latest documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams<\/a>, his 3D exploration of the ancient Chauvet cave<\/a> in France.<\/p>\n

There are some classic Herzog moments during the discussion in which he says the end of humanity will happen ‘quite soon’ (well, a thousand years) and that even if the human race could escape to the nearest star, there would be ‘madness and murder’ en route.<\/p>\n

We also get a classic bit where the German auteur reads a passage from McCarthy’s novel All The Pretty Horses<\/a>.<\/p>\n

> Download the MP3<\/a> or subscribe to the podcast via iTunes<\/a> (it is Hour 2 on the April 8th episode)
\n> Science Friday<\/a>
\n> Find out more about Werner Herzog<\/a>, Cormac McCarthy<\/a> and Lawrence Krauss<\/a> at Wikipedia
\n> Our review of Cave of Forgotten Dreams<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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