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About this video essay:
Last year, two filmmakers made the same documentary about volcanoes. One got nominated for an Oscar, the other one was made by Werner Herzog. Let’s talk about what his film, The Fire Within, reveals about the meaning of ecstatic truth, the deep humanism invoked by sublime wonder, and the inexplicable magic of cinema.

Content:
00:00 Introduction
02:10 In Search of Adequate Images
05:06 Competing Filmmaking Philosophies
09:04 What is Ecstatic Truth?
13:02 From Sublime Wonder to Humanism
17:07 The Inner Chronicle of What We Are

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