Featured Audience Ratings

• Wahida K

  
  A small village is renowned for its "Ruby Glass" glass blowing works. When the foreman of the works dies suddenly without revealing the secret of the Ruby Glass, the town slides into a deep depression, and the owner of the glassworks becomes obssessed with the lost secret.

• Anthony L

  
  It?s not Herzog's most accessible film but i did enjoy it. It?s just not as classic as his earlier work in the 70's. I loved the story and the script but found that for the first time, Herzog's long shots of mountains and sky added nothing to the film but actually took… More
  It?s not Herzog's most accessible film but i did enjoy it. It?s just not as classic as his earlier work in the 70's. I loved the story and the script but found that for the first time, Herzog's long shots of mountains and sky added nothing to the film but actually took away a bit of interest for me. Still, Herzog's worst is still amazing!

• Robert C

  
  Never mind the first ten minutes of this film, which have the look and feel (but none of th e charm) of a 1970's grade school film. And never mind the fact that the story is at times annoyingly disjunctive and painfully self indulgent. I found myself (like the actors)… More
  Never mind the first ten minutes of this film, which have the look and feel (but none of th e charm) of a 1970's grade school film. And never mind the fact that the story is at times annoyingly disjunctive and painfully self indulgent. I found myself (like the actors) hypnotized and slightly dazed into participation. Part of me felt slightly annoyed by the film, while another part of me was oddly intrigued and mildly impressed by the abstract and surreal feel of it all. Not for everyone. But fans of Ingmar Bergman and David Lynch will probably appreciate the film, if not the story itself.

• Luke B

  
  A bizarre little treat, especially for fans of Herzog. The main talking point comes from the fact that almost all of the actors are hypnoised whilst playing their parts. A wonderfully twisted little experiment, that adds a strange, unsettling and dreamlike quality to what is already a… More
  A bizarre little treat, especially for fans of Herzog. The main talking point comes from the fact that almost all of the actors are hypnoised whilst playing their parts. A wonderfully twisted little experiment, that adds a strange, unsettling and dreamlike quality to what is already a rather unique picture.

• Walter M

  
  While atmospheric, "Heart of Glass" does not really feel like any other Werner Herzog movie I have seen. But it still feels like it is suited for his voice, down to the prolonged prologue. This might explain why as unfocused as the movie is at times, it is still worth… More
  While atmospheric, "Heart of Glass" does not really feel like any other Werner Herzog movie I have seen. But it still feels like it is suited for his voice, down to the prolonged prologue. This might explain why as unfocused as the movie is at times, it is still worth watching. It's the end of the world, not as we know it, but as Hias(Josef Bierbichler) has foreseen it from 18th century Germany, along with the World Wars of the twentieth century. He also says there are no such things as giants which means he might be a Dodgers fan. The foreman at a glass factory has died. Ordinarily this would be no big deal, right? Except, he was the only one who knew the secret formula for the town's renowned ruby glass and that secret has apparently died with him.(Due to the symbolically crimson color of the glass, it is no surprise it is the lifeblood of the community.) This leads to the fabric of the town being rent asunder, with formerly friendly workers at each other's throats. Next thing you know, cats and dogs will be intermingling... And then there is the end of the world in the slightly perplexing epilogue.

• Alec B

  
  Like many of Herzog's films, "Heart of Glass" deals with the mechanics of obsession. Here (I think) its about the need to control and understand artistic expression and use it as a means to maintain the status quo, which is impossible. Its a hypnotic film and the… More
  Like many of Herzog's films, "Heart of Glass" deals with the mechanics of obsession. Here (I think) its about the need to control and understand artistic expression and use it as a means to maintain the status quo, which is impossible. Its a hypnotic film and the prophetic speeches of the character 'Hias' are quite marvelous.

• Marcus W

  
  This is Herzog in schizophrenic mode. On the one hand, when he's letting the camera linger in documentary mode, the film is great. But in trying to work in a plot the film becomes hopelessly muddled with fortune tellers, glassmaking and men standing on rocks. Admittedly it's… More
  This is Herzog in schizophrenic mode. On the one hand, when he's letting the camera linger in documentary mode, the film is great. But in trying to work in a plot the film becomes hopelessly muddled with fortune tellers, glassmaking and men standing on rocks. Admittedly it's very brave to make a film with every single actor hypnotised, but this doesn't help the film, it just gives it a dull dream-like-ness. As usual, his use of lighting and scene selection is flawless, it's just a shame he couldn't stay in documentary mode.

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