Werner Herzog

And they lined up in two theaters only, but they lined up around the block for two and a half years.

Ten years later, America caught up.

I had three re-releases of that film.

And today it's not a household name, but those who know about cinema know about this film.

So time was on its side.

Nothing.

It has not changed the shape of my films, the substance of my films.

Yes, that's a great advantage because you can see a film I did in the mid-1970s.

You can find it on some platform.

If it's nowhere, it's always somewhere pirated.

Piracy is the most successful form of distribution nowadays, so be it.

But films are accessible, and this is why very young people discover it.

Today, the males that reach me are males by 15-year-olds in Missoula, Montana, in South Korea, in Brazil, 15, 16, 17 years old.

What is it about your work that moves them?

I do not know something that comes across a great vision and something really authentic.

Films like no one else ever has done.

I cannot really judge here, but people normally know about it.

Well, there's no real story.

It's basically all invented.

A real rubber baron, a billionaire at his time, 120 years ago or so,