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Fired up about meteorites
Werner Herzog examines how meteorites and deep impacts have shaped human culture in the documentary, Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds
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One of the most famous film-makers on the planet, Werner Herzog is also one of the most eccentric, known for a larger-than-life persona that is as quirky as his movies.
The latter include the acclaimed historical drama Aguirre, The Wrath Of God (1972), about a band of explorers' descent into madness; and the Oscar-nominated Encounters At The End Of The World (2007), a documentary on the physical and psychological extremes of living on Antarctica.
