The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)

Directed by

Werner Herzog

Genre

science fiction film

Country

Germany, United Kingdom, France, United States

Runtime

1h 20m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 91 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A space alien stranded on Earth tells its story while documentary footage from NASA and other sources plays. The film blends fictional narration with real images to create a fantasy about an alien civilization.

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What happens

The Wild Blue Yonder is a 2005 science fiction fantasy film by German director Werner Herzog. It was presented at the 62nd Venice Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Award. It was screened in competition at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival and the Sitges Film Festival, winning the "Carnet Jove – Special Mention" award at the latter. Most of the film consists of recontextualized documentary footage which is overlaid with fictional (sometimes fantastical) narration. This technique was used in Herzog's earlier film Lessons of Darkness (1992). The film's name comes from the first line of the song "The U.S. Air Force". The scenes in space are courtesy of NASA. According to the DVD extras, the interview with the alien is filmed in Niland, CA, and nearby Slab City, CA. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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