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Into the Abyss (subtitled A Tale of Death, a Tale of Life) is a 2011 documentary film written and directed by Werner Herzog. It is about capital punishment, and focuses on a triple homicide that occurred in Montgomery County, Texas, in 2001.
Death Row. In this four-part series produced contemporaneously with Werner Herzog’s documentary “Into the Abyss,” the internationally renowned filmmaker embarks on a dialogue with death-row prisoners and lets them express their views on life and death.
On Death Row is a television mini-series written and directed by Werner Herzog about capital punishment in the United States. The series grew out of the same project which produced Herzog's documentary film Into the Abyss. The series first aired in the United Kingdom on March 22, 2012, on Channel 4. [2]
Werner Herzog's latest stunning documentary focuses on the bleak yet fascinating subject of capital punishment, following the moving story of Michael Perry and Jason Burkett, two young men...
9 lis 2011 · “Into the Abyss” may be the saddest film Werner Herzog has ever made. It regards a group of miserable lives, and in finding a few faint glimmers of hope only underlines the sadness. The documentary centers on two young men in prison.
30 mar 2012 · Werner Herzog is a filmmaker who explores the extremes of human behaviour, always looking to the darkness of the human heart and the absurdity of existence. So it’s unsurprising, and perhaps inevitable, for him to make a film about death row, where the experience of life and death is intensified beyond the everyday.
26 mar 2012 · Death Row is currently showing on Channel 4 at 10pm on Thursday s. Watch the trailer for Into the Abyss. Werner Herzog tackles the death penalty as only he can. Film review by Emma Simmonds.
