Herzog is at the San Sebastián Film Festival to present 'Bucking Fastard' and receive its prestigious career achievement Donostia Award While speaking at the San Sebastián Film Festival, where they are presenting “Bucking Fastard,” renowned German director Werner Herzog and the film’s star Orlando Bloom spoke about a threesome scene between the “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor and Rooney and Kate Mara, who lead Herzog’s latest as two deeply intertwined sisters. Asked about the scene, Bloom said there is “such simplicity to the characters and [their] carnal desires, but also an innocence to the sisters,” adding: “My character, the Bucking Fastard, is sensitive too. And he’s quite quickly out of his depth in some ways.
It was a very sincere sort of moment that was created.” “There are moments when a director has to step back,” Herzog jumped in to say. How you deal with it, I cannot give instructions.’ It is beautiful because it has such charm and depth.” Despite having world-premiered “Bucking Fastard” less than two weeks ago, prolific director Werner Herzog — who is also a recipient of this year’s Donostia Awards at San Sebastián — is only days away from wrapping his next project. The director also noted he is currently writing two books and continues to work on scripts for future projects.
The director also spoke about the dangers of the rise of AI and new technologies. Do not live a life that is dictated by algorithms to keep your attention. Why don’t you dig a hole in the ground?
Why don’t you build a little house on a tree? The moment the world starts to occupy our souls, you have to be very vigilant. Now with AI, it’s coming big time at us.” Herzog’s name was intertwined in debates around artificial intelligence given the release of Piotr Winiewicz’s “About a Hero,” an experimental film that saw the Polish director feed Herzog’s sprawling body of work into an AI bot and then shoot the resulting script.
The film also created an AI-generated version of Herzog’s characteristic voice. The German director recently called the film “phenomenally, abysmally stupid.” Back to “Bucking Fastard,” the director cut off a journalist who referred to the film’s long gestation as an “obsession.” “I do not like the word obsession,” he said firmly. If you have an obsessive director, actors will run away, producers will run away.
You have to run away from yourself if you’re obsessive, and I’m not, period.” “I have many a good story in me,” he added when speaking about what keeps him going as a filmmaker. Offering a metaphor of stories as burglars invading his house, the director said he usually tackles the intruder that poses the most serious threat. And I’m never afraid, whatever it might be.” Herzog gushed about Bloom.
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