A few weeks before Encounters at the End of the World opens in the Bay Area, 21 Grand throws a party built to satisfy die-hard Herzogophiles. In his latest documentary, the German director travels to Antarctica’s McMurdo Station to revel in the uninhabitable continent’s alien beauty and (this being a Werner Herzog film) straining effect on human relations. Tonight, some of his co-conspirators hit 21 Grand with outtakes and, most intriguing, an improvised performance by guitarist Henry Kaiser played in tandem with deleted underwater footage. Admission is on a pay-what-you-can sliding scale basis, with no one turned away for lack of funds.

Sneak Preview Screening Celebrating Werner Herzog’s Encounters At The End Of The World showing excerpts from the feature
+ copious secret outtakes
+ Seal Men Antarctic parody of Herzog’s Grizzly Man
+ live improvising ensemble from the film playing to deleted underwater scenes with
Henry Kaiser
William Winant
Cheryl Leonard
Jen Baker
Damon Smith
Danielle DeGruttola

ABOUT THE FILM

Werner Herzog (“Grizzly Man,” “Rescue Dawn”) confirms his standing as poet laureate of men in extreme situations with Encounters At The End Of The World. In this visually stunning exploration, Herzog travels to the Antarctic community of McMurdo Station, headquarters of the National Science Foundation and home to eleven hundred people during the austral summer (Oct-Feb). Over the course of his journey, Herzog examines human nature and Mother nature, juxtaposing breathtaking locations with the profound, surreal, and sometimes absurd experiences of the marine biologists, physicists, plumbers, and truck drivers who choose to form a society as far away from society as one can get.