This feels like a pet project for Herzog, I can almost picture him rubbing his hands with glee as he hears these more and more outlandish tales. Unfortunately it's just not that interesting.

The subject matter is fascinating, but the film isn't quite as interesting. Herzog still manages to cram in some oddness (what's with the "reincarnated" wife of Gesualdo?) into what starts out as a normal enough documentary.

Of all the enjoyable sections (plenty from my view of things), I think the way it ends is my favorite.

A combination of traditional documentary (well as traditional as Herzog goes) and docudrama. Less of the British historian and American musical director and more of the Italian chefs would make for a better film. Nonetheless, an interesting look into the life of a man ahead of his times and out of his mind. The best part of the film is the final 20 seconds.

Entertaining and interesting, though Herzog's fake narrative is distracting this time, particularly the "reincarnation of Maria D'Avalos", which was clearly made up and pretty silly. Zeitlinger's camera is fun for once.

As Herzog likes to do, much of what we see seems staged or scripted. Other parts seem very improvised. There are a couple of scenes that seem incredibly out of place, such as a peculiar sequence where a mentally handicapped boy rides a horse. The ending is also hilariously bizarre. I won't lie and say that the life of Gesualdo fascinates me very much, but this film, filled with Herzog's quirks and unpredictability and some gorgeous music, is wonderfully entertaining

Typical Herzog stuff, but not his best. Still bizar and fascinating to watch.

One of Herzog's weakest documentaries.

A truly bizarre story and a fascinating documentary.

The stories about the composer Gesualdo told here are interesting but not quite fascinating enough (and their authenticity is highly suspect as well) to warrant a film. His music is lovely and quite modern, though. Herzog's film has a few gems, but overall it's too self-conscious and seems to be reaching for enough material to fill the hour. And the guy who was blatantly reading from his notes was irritating.

As a whole, this isn't as strong as Herzog's other films. But there is some really interesting and worthwhile content. Also Werner should've used subtitles, instead of translating everything into enlgish himself while everyone on screen was still talking.