My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?

[Carmine Falcone]

This new Werner Herzog project sounds bat**** insane. Here's a synopsis:

The film opens as officers arrive at the scene –a typical middle-class neighborhood in San Diego. The suspect has barricaded himself inside a home and appears to have taken hostages. Two friends he had urgently telephoned earlier that morning arrive, but too late. As they and their neighbors try to come to grips with what has happened, they tell their stories to the detective in charge of the crime scene. In a series of flashbacks, the bizarre story of Brad Macallam begins to emerge. After an ill-fated white-water kayaking trip in a distant land, Brad finds readjustment to suburban life increasingly difficult. As his disaffection grows and his relations with those around him become strained, he glimpses a world more vivid and strangely frightening than others can see. The detectives try to penetrate the mystery of his story, but the questions only multiply. Brad’s unfolding personal and family drama leads to an obsession with the ancient play, finally driving him to murder.

Cast: Michael Shannon'sUdo Kier, Willem Dafoe, Chloë Sevigny and Brad Dourif.

David Lynch is producing. So this should be all kinds of insane and awesome. They're supposedly shooting it low budget and digital.

An article on the shooting, and the real-life case it was partly based on:
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/apr/05/lz1c05grant20233-inspired-tragedy/

Herzog's American movies are very interesting. Rescue Dawn was good, albeit a bit clichéd, it was well done. This one and the new Bad Lieutenant sound very promising and have I mentioned; insane?

 

[Spider-Who?]

Willem Dafoe? David Lynch?

Count me in.

 

[WeaponXProject]

Willem Dafoe? David Lynch?

Count me in.

Ditto.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

What about Herzog. He's the main reason why I wanna see this.

 

[TNC9852002]

Michael Shannon has such an old timey look. He was great in Revolutionary Road.

 

[Dark Donnie]

Creepy looking poster

 

[Sarge 2.0]

The title aside, this film looks like it will be pretty awesome.

 

[Bunker]

Ohhhh ****.

Can't wait for this beaut.

 

[Asgard]

What ancient play is he obsessed with?

 

[Sarge 2.0]

What ancient play is he obsessed with?

Sophocles' "Electra" most likely. The character of Orestes kills his mother in the play.

 

[Asgard]

Thanks.

 

[Heisenberg]

Promo shots via. Collider

 

[Dark Donnie]

Trailer

 

[Carmine Falcone]

Oh my god! Flamingo's! Peruvian Jungle! Insanity! Midgets! This is full-blown Herzog!

I am CRAZILY looking forward to this.

 

[CelticPredator]

Look at his lazy eye! Creeeeeepy!

 

[Doctor Jones]

Looks awesome. The narraration was annoying as hell but this looks very good.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

Yeah, the trailer tries to sell it like a thriller. Which it probably is not.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Yeah, I hate it when they do that. Try to sell it as the typical eye catching thriller to pull people in.

 

[Rac]

Yeah, the trailer tries to sell it like a thriller. Which it probably is not.

Herzog himself categorized this as a horror.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

What I meant to say is that it it's just those awful titling and voice-over that makes it look like your average run-off-the-mill horror thriller.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

Still no damn release date for this. Has anyone seen it yet?

 

[Doctor Jones]

Geez, I saw this on the years' worst movies on the main page. I doubt it's terrible anyway.