Salt and Fire
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Salt and Fire |
| Original title | Salt and Fire |
| Country of production | Germany , USA , France , Mexico |
| original language | German , Spanish |
| Publishing year | 2016 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Werner Herzog |
| script | Werner Herzog |
| production | Werner Herzog, Michael Benaroya , Pablo Cruz , Nina Maag |
| music | Ernst Reijseger |
| camera | Peter Zeitlinger |
| cut | Joe Bini |
| occupation | |
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Salt and Fire is a romantic thriller that Werner Herzog directed and wrote the script. Salt and Fire is based on the short story Aral by the American author Tom Bissell .
It premiered on June 12, 2016 at the Shanghai International Film Festival . The film was released in German cinemas on December 8, 2016.
action
Researcher Laura Sommerfeld travels to South America on behalf of the United Nations to investigate a mysterious environmental catastrophe on the Bolivian Diablo Blanco. At the airport, the professor and the colleagues who are accompanying her are kidnapped and taken to a hacienda. Through an encounter with two blind boys, she becomes aware of the environmental pollution in Bolivia and the ever-expanding salt lakes. She realizes that Matt Riley, the CEO of a powerful consortium, is responsible for this environmental disaster. First she learns of the impending eruption of a nearby super volcano , then she is left alone with two small, blind boys in the middle of the salt desert.
production
Shooting began in April 2015 and took place at an altitude of 4,200 meters in the Salar de Uyuni salt flats in southern Bolivia, the largest salt desert in the world with more than 10,000 square kilometers. Filming ended on May 19, 2015. In this area there are indeed super volcanoes, such as the active Uturuncu and four other calderas such as the Vilama Caldera .
On February 1, 2016 it was announced that the independent record label Winter & Winter would release a soundtrack album for the film on March 18, 2016. It contains the music of Ernst Reijseger , who had already worked with Herzog on the films The Cave of Forgotten Dreams , The White Diamond , The Wild Blue Yonder and A Caring Son .
The film was produced by Construction Filmproduktion , Skellig Rock and Benaroya Pictures . Co-producers were ZDF and Arte France Cinema.
The film premiered on June 12, 2016 at the Shanghai International Film Festival . In October 2016 a screening took place as part of the Hof International Film Festival . The film was released in German cinemas on December 8, 2016 as part of the Camino Film Distribution program. A theatrical release in the US will be on April 7, 2017.
reception
Reviews
The film has so far won over 32 percent of Rotten Tomatoes ' critics .
The Hollywood Reporter's Deborah Young sums it up: Too much salt, too little pepper.
Oliver Kaever from Spiegel Online says about Ferres that she is simply not up to her role and has no recognizable dramatic register. She just seems annoyed and in a bad mood in every scene, says Kaever, but it is not her fault that the film does not work, but that of Herzog. The director neither pursues an idea, nor tells a story, nor does he find a cinematic form. Kaever's colleague Hannah Pilarczyk, on the other hand, says that the work of a German filmmaker has not been as wonderfully unleashed as Salt and Fire for a long time.
Andreas Busche from Die Zeit recognizes a narrative of the omnipotence of nature in the film, which Herzog is fascinated by, and emphasizes the second half of the film in particular. The director feels noticeably more comfortable in the open landscape than in closed rooms.
Awards
Shanghai International Film Festival 2016
- Nomination as best film for the Golden Goblet ( Werner Herzog )
Web links
- Salt and Fire in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Salt and Fire at filmportal.de (with trailer and photo gallery)
- official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Salt and Fire . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 160938 / K).
- ↑ Herzog is shooting an environmental thriller. In: Deutsche Welle Online, April 7, 2015.
- ↑ Martha Kausmann: 'Salt and Fire': Werner Herzog stages romantic volcano thriller with Veronica Ferres. In: filmstarts.de, February 9, 2015.
- ↑ Werner Herzog is shooting the thriller 'Salt and Fire' with Veronica Ferres in Bolivia. ( Memento from June 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) In: kino-zeit.de, February 9, 2015.
- ↑ Close of rotation SALT AND FIRE. (No longer available online.) In: constructionfilm.de. Construction Film, May 20, 2015, archived from the original on February 22, 2016 ; accessed on January 28, 2016 .
- ↑ Spiegel online from March 26, 2012: Researchers discover the new super volcano Uturuncu in the Andes
- ↑ Soundtrack for Werner Herzog's 'Salt and Fire' Announced. In: filmmusicreporter.com. Film Music Reporter, February 1, 2016, accessed February 8, 2016 .
- ↑ Salt and Fire In: soundtrack.net, March 18, 2016.
- ^ Salt and Fire. In: crew-united.com. Crew United , accessed June 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Julie Makinen: The brazen Bavarian Werner Herzog is back with his latest directorial effort, 'Salt and Fire'. Los Angeles Times , June 22, 2016, accessed July 9, 2016 .
- ^ Salt & Fire. In: Camino Filmverleih. Retrieved June 3, 2016 .
- ↑ Salt and Fire In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
- ↑ Deborah Young, 'Salt and Fire': Shanghai Review In: The Hollywood Reporter, June 14, 2016.
- ↑ Oliver Kaever and Hannah Pilarczyk: Herzog environmental drama 'Salt and Fire'. Oh, Werner! In: Spiegel Online, December 7, 2016.
- ↑ Andreas Busche: 'Salt and Fire'. Ferres as Mother Nature In: Die Zeit Online, December 7, 2016.