I admit it. I'm enamored with Werner Herzog; there's no rhyme or reason. He gets dirt under his nails as he's going against the grain, and he has no regard for classic filmmaking style. What good is a documentary if you can't manipulate it? What good is a cast if you can't hypnotize them? Thus said the Book of Herzog.
His latest effort finds him tackling the off-the-cuff and off-the-radar hit, Bad Lieutenant. Swap Keitel for Nic Cage, keep the grit, add Herzog. Nothing's surprising.
But wait, there's more. Herzog is hookin' up with the king of deliciously nonsensical nightmares, David Lynch, to create My Son, My Son, "a horror-tinged murder drama based on a true story." Well now, that just makes sense.