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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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.
meditativecontemplativedreamlikeuncannyslow-burnexperimentalsurrealeerie
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)
More like this
Our Earthmen Friends (2006)
Alien Planet (2005)
The Infinite Husk (2025)
Supernova (2003)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
Enemy Mine (1985)
K-PAX (2001)
Disparaît, v (2005)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.