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Herakles

  • January 1962
  • 9mins

  • Documentary
  • Directed by

    Werner Herzog,

    Starring

    Reinhard Lichtenberg,

    Franco Columbu,

    Basically, 'Herakles' is an omnium-gatherum of film clips depicting images of machismo. Some of those images are explicitly macho: we see various body-builders flexing their biceps and triceps. Other images seen here are not macho in the literal sense, but are indirectly related to testosterone or cojones on some level: we see military aircraft making bombing raids, and footage of car crashes.