Hey ho, Doccalo! It’s our second annual Herzog month, but our first year of Herzog month Shorties! We open up the Werner Shorties with his earliest know film. The first artistic attempt of a barely legal Werner Herzog was a little short film called “The Herakles”. It’s full of yolked German muscle hunks and a variety of other, destructive, images. Will these hunks save us from the machines? Werner wants to know and Bob and Ginger want to know as well. SAVE US, HUNKS! SAVE US!

Werner’s first film “The Herakles”: https://youtu.be/TmGqDgI289M

Werner discusses this: http://www.openculture.com/2017/09/watch-werner-herzogs-very-first-film-herakles-made-when-he-was-only-19-years-old-1962.html

Kraftwerk song of the week: https://youtu.be/tWKfo3LDI1Q