Fede e denaro (1980)
God's Angry Man
Director/Screenplay: Werner Herzog – Director of photography: Thoma Mauch – Film editor: Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus – Sound: Walter Saxer – Production: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion – Country: Germany – Running time: 46’
The film:
“The film revolves around the figure of Dr. Gene Scott, one of the most famous broadcast television preachers in California. He is the protagonist of a broadcast where, with his strong and aggressive temper, he speaks about the beatitude and presses his viewers to pay money into the bank account of his church. The images of the broadcast alternate with a series of dialogues with the pastor who speaks about himself and his private life.”
[Grazia Paganelli (curated by), Signs of Life. Tribute to Werner Herzog, Museo Nazionale del Cinema, Torino; Il Castoro, Milano 2008, p. 297]
The film restoration:
The preservation of God's Angry Man was conducted by Museo Nazionale del Cinema di Torino and it was based on the original 16 mm negatives conserved by Werner Herzog Film Archive.
The preservation of the film is part of a project to valorize the works by Werner Herzog, including the homage Signs of life. Tribute to Werner Herzog organized by Museo Nazionale del Cinema in 2008.
The event showed the complete retrospective, the photography exhibition, a concert and a workshop and it was realized together with Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, the Scuola Holden, the Teatro Regio of Torino, the Werner Herzog Film and the German Film.
The preservation was carried out in 2007 at the laboratories ARRI and Geyer.
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