REVIEW | The Volcanic Sublime: Werner Herzog’s The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
In 1991, Maurice and Katia Krafft died during the Mount Unzen eruption on Japan’s island of Kyushu. Herzog’s documentary does meditate on their deaths and the notion of “impending doom,” but his concerns are the Kraffts’ humanity and their mythic imagery. He is not interested in the couple as people per se – their lives […]
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The Fire Within: A Requiem For Katia and Maurice Krafft
In 1991, Maurice and Katia Krafft died during the Mount Unzen eruption on Japan’s island of Kyushu. Herzog’s documentary does meditate on their deaths and the notion of “impending doom,” but his concerns are the Kraffts’ humanity and their mythic imagery. He is not interested the couple as people per se – their lives are […]
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