Werner Herzog is speaking to Michael Joseph Perry ... Herzog’s new documentary, Into the Abyss, is not, however, the anti-death penalty polemic that his personal opposition to capital punishment ...

Werner Herzog's "Into the Abyss" is the second high-profile 2011 documentary to focus on a murder for which men were sentenced to death. But it's a far cry from "Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory," the ...

Werner Herzog is easily one of the most prolific filmmakers of ... a universal truth that resounded further thanks to Herzog’s signature personal musings. With Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, A Tale ...

In the early aughts, Texans Michael James Perry and Jason Burkett broke into a gated community to steal an acquaintance’s car. What sounds like a buddy-comedy premise is unfortunately more grim ...

I'm a great fan of Herzog's eccentric but effective filmmaking style and the topic he confronts in "Into the Abyss" is of the greatest importance. McCarthy begins: Considering Werner Herzog ...

If I were evaluating Werner Herzog’s new documentary Into the Abyss solely on the basis of entertainment value, I could tell you that it’s great. It’s not an instant classic like Grizzly Man ...

Since the premiere of his new documentary last weekend at the Telluride Film Festival, filmmaker Werner Herzog has been saying that ‘Into the Abyss’ could have been the title of any number of ...

Which documentarian but Werner Herzog would prompt a reverend ... death and rehabilitation, he posits in “Into the Abyss,” that render the death penalty unjust. The movie centers on convicted ...

Werner Herzog: Sure I do. I’ve heard it once in awhile that ... He looks like a young kid, when you see the film Into the Abyss. When you see this young man who committed his crimes when he was 18, ...

On one level, Werner Herzog's "Into the Abyss" is an appeal to end capital punishment, but it's not the kind of documentary that drives policy change. As one of cinema’s most intellectually ...

Werner Herzog never enters the frame during his latest eccentric nonfiction foray, “Into the Abyss,” but the director’s phantom presence is the star of the show. Herzog is heard on the other ...