As for the "anger" of the volcano, we leave it up to the local populations who create their demons, their gods and their divine punishment.
Werner HerzogFilm is not analysis, it is the agitation of mind; cinema comes from the country fair and the circus, not from art and academicism.
Werner HerzogClive [Oppenheimer] and I figured out that I'm the only one probably in the film industry who is clinically sane. I say that as a joke, but there's a grain of truth to it. I'm not a stupid daredevil who jumps into the crater of the volcano to get the closest close-up, I'm not one of those. And you have to be aware that you have a crew with you and you are responsible.
Werner HerzogLife in the oceans must be sheer hell. A vast, merciless hell of permanent and immediate danger. So much of a hell that during evolution some speciesโincluding manโcrawled, fled onto some small continents of solid land, where the Lessons of Darkness continue.
Werner Herzog