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      The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft

      2022 1h 21m Biography Documentary List
      88% Tomatometer 8 Reviews Mt. Unzen, Kyushu, Japan. At 3:18pm, on June 3rd 1991, a pyroclastic flow -- a cloud of superheated gases and particles -- descended at over 100mph from the peak of the volcano, consuming everything in its path. It instantly killed Katia and Maurice Krafft, volcanologists and filmmakers from the Alsace region in France. They were too close. They were almost always too close. On the day before they died, Maurice said in an interview: "I am never afraid, because I've seen so many eruptions in 25 years that, even if I die tomorrow, I don't care." The Kraffts left an archive of over 200 hours of footage, unprecedented in its spectacular and hypnotic beauty. Werner Herzog who had access to the entire archive, created a film that cannot be categorized. It is not a biography. It is a rather a requiem celebrating the legacy of Katia and Maurice Krafft. Read More Read Less

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      Anita Singh Daily Telegraph (UK) The Kraffts documented their work in hundreds of hours of film; Herzog’s role here is to edit it down, overlaying the other-worldly images with haunting music and his own narration. And what images they are. Rated: 3/5 Oct 18, 2022 Full Review Carlos Esquives Cinencuentro The director, besides feeling drawn by the chaotic beauty of nature, has a profound weakness for those he identifies as equals... Those who put mortality aside to focus on the poetry that is conceived between calm and destruction. [Full review in Spanish] Sep 19, 2023 Full Review Jana Monji Age of the Geek This documentary did a better job of acknowledging that there were Japanese who died with the Kraffts that 'Love of Fire,' but doesn't consult with Japanese volcanologist or witnesse even though they died in Japan. Rated: 2/5 Dec 26, 2022 Full Review Lyric Waiwiri-Smith Stuff.co.nz Even in the destruction of all things, there is something beautiful to be found. Dec 15, 2022 Full Review Laslo Rojas Contreras Cinencuentro The director is attracted to nature's chaotic beauty and has a deep weakness for those he identifies as his equals: The romantic subjects who disregard mortality... [Herzog's film] is a tribute to that kind of adventurer. [Full review in Spanish] Dec 2, 2022 Full Review Rory O'Connor The Film Stage In tone and sentiment, The Fire Within and Fire of Love are disparate yet nicely complimentary, and there’s fun to be had in such a clash of sensibilities. Rated: B+ Nov 25, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Raphael G Even better than Fire of Love, more truthful to the volcano images and their beauty. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/17/24 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Mt. Unzen, Kyushu, Japan. At 3:18pm, on June 3rd 1991, a pyroclastic flow -- a cloud of superheated gases and particles -- descended at over 100mph from the peak of the volcano, consuming everything in its path. It instantly killed Katia and Maurice Krafft, volcanologists and filmmakers from the Alsace region in France. They were too close. They were almost always too close. On the day before they died, Maurice said in an interview: "I am never afraid, because I've seen so many eruptions in 25 years that, even if I die tomorrow, I don't care." The Kraffts left an archive of over 200 hours of footage, unprecedented in its spectacular and hypnotic beauty. Werner Herzog who had access to the entire archive, created a film that cannot be categorized. It is not a biography. It is a rather a requiem celebrating the legacy of Katia and Maurice Krafft.
      Director
      Werner Herzog
      Producer
      Mandy Leith, Julien Dumont, Alexandre Soullier
      Screenwriter
      Werner Herzog
      Genre
      Biography, Documentary
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 21m