Life at Its Wildest: Werner Herzog on “Bucking Fastard”

Life at Its Wildest: Werner Herzog on “Bucking Fastard” on Notebook | MUBI Notebook Interview Life at Its Wildest: Werner Herzog on “Bucking Fastard” The director reflects on his latest, a fairytale equal parts weird and romantic starring siblings Kate and Rooney Mara. Leonardo Goi • 01 Oct 2026 From left to right: Cinematographer Peter Zeitlinger, director Werner Herzog, and stars Rooney Mara and Kate Mara shooting Bucking Fastard (2026). Courtesy of Gateway to Orkney LLC. Werner Herzog’s first fiction film in seven years, Bucking Fastard (2026),stands as one of his most bizarre. That’s high praise for a director who’s pulled 300-plus-ton steamships over mountains ( Fitzcarraldo , 1982), hypnotized his actors ( Heart of Glass , 1976), and followed “deranged” penguins across Antarctica ( E

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