Did You See This? Werner Herzog Disses Chickens' Intelligence

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http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/02/07/werner_herzog_on_chickens_they_re_very_prone_to_hypnosis.html



The voice of German director Werner Herzog—heavily accented, absurdly deep, simultaneously affectless and warm—can lend an authoritative air to just about any topic. And though Herzog’s intonation and cadence have been widely parodied, no one does Herzog on (insert unexpected subject matter) better than Herzog himself. For evidence of this, watch filmmakers Siri Bunford and Tom Streithorst’s brilliant 40-second video, “Herzog on Chickens”:

“Try to look a chicken in the eye with great intensity, and the intensity of stupidity that is looking back at you is just amazing,” he marvels while gesturing as a professor might while making a salient point during a lecture. And that’s before he gets to his thoughts on hypnotizing chickens: “They are very prone to hypnosis, and in one or two films I’ve actually shown that,” Herzog adds proudly.

<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/9880377?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/9880377">Werner Herzog on Chickens</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3242734">Tom Streithorst</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>

[greiner3]

1. I too have always;

Dismissed 'Chicken Hawk's' intelligence; Bush, Rumsfeld, Cheney and so many people who call on wars to be fought.