Mit mir will keiner spielen

It's very naive, but the naivety and childishness is actually what makes it so touching. Working with kids seems like a very herzogian thing to me, and his magic touch is noticeable and what makes this little short so cute.

A somewhat bizarre story of social exclusion, the gifting of a pet raven and the dressing of hamsters in costume. It is a film of children, with adults noticeably absent.

A sweet ending isn't enough to make me think of this as anything but amateur hour. Wait, this is mid-70s Herzog....what the hell???

Eine der größten Begabungen von Herzog liegt darin da er immer einen Weg findet die Form seiner Filme nach den Inhalten festzusetzen. Und er macht hier genauso: die Kamera und der Schnitt sind beide rudimentär und sowohl kindlich als auch kindisch; Herzog bereut nicht wie ein Kind schamvolle und unentwickelte Gefühle und Handlung zu haben. Das ist eine der großen Möglichkeiten des Kinos, immer eine Sprache finden zu können, die auf sein Subjekt zugleich keine Gewalt übt. Stark!

Summary pretty much sums up this short.

that was really sweet.

The "secret" is pretty damn adorable, but this is just way too short and blunt to really register as anything more than imagery.

Odd.

A 13 minute short film about a preschool boy named Martin who's shunned by the rest of his school mates. This film is peculiar in its apparent lack of any substance whatsoever. Is this supposed to be allegorical or something? I really don't understand the point. There's really nothing aesthetically or thematically interesting about this. It just... exists. Herzog never fails to puzzle me.