In follow up on some Werner Herzog blather, earlier this year: And as a proud film school drop-out, I kind of agree with Herzog. I did get to see a lot of great movies though, so wasn't a total loss.
Chicagoist: He Would Walk Three Thousand Miles... Plenty of filmmakers will tell you that if you’re serious about making movies then you should skip film school. Only Werner Herzog would tell you to take a hike…from Madrid to Kiev...Chicago area filmmaker Lee Kazimir is doing just that. He read an interview by the legendary Herzog that said filmmakers could learn more about filmmaking from a 5000 km walk (about 3106 miles) “from Madrid to Kiev” than from film school. Soon after, Kazimir began making plans to take the journey. He’ll be learning as he creates, since he’s also filming the experience for a documentary with the working title of More Shoes (though Dry Socks Wouldn’t Hurt Either works too).
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