And...that's about it. No fancy bells or whistles. Just Werner cooking his shoes while talking to the camera and then eating them in front of an audience at a movie theater. It's never revealed just how much of the nasty looking shoes he ate or the state of his asshole they next day, but he definitely did eat some of them and it looked gross as fuck. At only 20 minutes long, WERNER HERZOG EATS HIS SHOE is an easy watch and a treat for Herzog fans. (The cute shot of Werner pointing at his bare feet made me smile.) Although, I do wish that they had gone into more detail about the event itself. It's all very vague. Hell, Morris doesn't even appear in the film at all! Was he even there?
WHEHS is also notable for being the first collaboration (if that is the correct term) between Les Blank and Werner Herzog. They would next work together on the truly fascinating BURDEN OF DREAMS were Blanks documents Herzog during the making of his psychotic FITZCARRALDO.
There's also a rumor (that I'm about to start in 3 seconds) that Werner originally told Errol that if he ever finished his film that "...he'd jack off a dog in the town square", but they settled for him eating his shoes instead.
[Insert WERNER HERZOG EATS HIS HUMAN CENTIPEDE joke here.]
Jokes aside, WERNER HERZOG EATS HIS SHOE is a fun watch. Check it out.
