The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

Sort of looks forward to BEING THERE in its depiction of Kauser as the ultimate naive truth teller – while I only know Herzog through the smattering of movies of his I’ve seen, I sense he would have a certain kinship with this character (not to mention Bruno S.), as a sage who understands much and says little; it is to Bruno S.’s credit that he can completely embody this by definition nobody, in a way that is empathetic and somehow charismatic. Becomes more and more interesting as it proceeds, culminating in the hilarious scene where Kauser demolishes a pure logician; everything after that feels somewhat like extraneous padding.