Ballad of a Righteous Merchant (2018) on Netflix
NR20181h 2mDocumentary
Werner Herzog is making My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, drawn from the true case of a man who killed his mother. A friend who co-wrote it films the production.
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Plot summary
Other documentaries have put Werner Herzog in front of the camera to set out his views on life. This one comes from inside his circle. A longtime friend and collaborator who co-wrote My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done films him through the making of that feature, catching the side of him known to the people he works with closely rather than to audiences. Herzog talks about how he works and about the ideas that run through his films. The feature was inspired by an actual case, an actor who carried out in reality the killing he was meant to perform on stage, the murder of his mother.
