LA SOUFRIERE: WAITING FOR AN INEVITABLE CATASTROPHE

The terrible beauty of the natural world and the dangers it poses are in constant flux with each other, and Werner Herzog (NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE) captured that treacherous dynamic in his truly death-defying documentary LA SOUFRIERE: WAITING FOR AN INEVITABLE CATASTROPHE. In 1977, the city of Guadeloupe was evacuated due to an impending eruption from a nearby volcano, leaving the streets empty and houses vacant. One man refuses to leave however, and his stubborn acceptance of what’s to come serves as the focus of Herzog’s camera as the danger grows greater by the second. Featuring cogent social critique, stunning nature cinematography, and interviews at the mouth of a roaring inferno, LA SOUFRIERE is Herzog at his boundary-pushing best.