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http://thequietus.com/articles/01523-herzog-s-encounters-at-the-end-of-the-world

A lucid review of Herzog’s latest documentary in The Queitus, which has quickly become my favorite music and film magazine.

The irony of the phrasing of the environmental mantra “save the earth” is that the earth will always be fine — nature doesn’t give a shit about us, what is at stake is our ability to exist on the earth.

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Despite the high science content, this is not the kind of IMAX science film that marvels at human progress and mastery of nature to a classical score; nor is it a Richard Dawkins-style attempt to elevate science to, ironically, religious proportions. The film instead highlights the limits of our understanding.