Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Directors:

Kaige Chen
Víctor Erice

Writers:

Víctor Erice (segment)
Werner Herzog (segment)

Release Date:

19 December 2002 (Germany)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Directed By Several Directors | Collection Of Short Films | Number In Title

Cast

Markku Peltola	...	(segment "Dogs Have No Hell")
Kati Outinen	...	(segment "Dogs Have No Hell")
Marko Haavisto	...	(segment "Dogs Have No Hell")
Ana Sofia Liaño	...	(segment "Lifeline")
Pelayo Suarez	...	(segment "Lifeline")
Celia Poo	...	(segment "Lifeline")
José Antonio Amieva	...	(segment "Lifeline")
Fernando García Toriello	...	(segment "Lifeline")
Chloë Sevigny	...	(segment "Int. Trailer Night")
Charles Esten	...	Bill (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona")
Amber Tamblyn	...	Kate (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona")
Yuanzheng Feng	...	(segment "100 Flowers Hidden Deep")
Le Geng	...	(segment "100 Flowers Hidden Deep")
Qiang Li	...	(segment "100 Flowers Hidden Deep")
Jin Zhang	...	(segment "100 Flowers Hidden Deep")

Runtime:

France:92 min (Cannes Film Festival)

Country:

Spain | UK | Germany | Finland | China

Language:

English | German | Mandarin | Spanish | Finnish

Color:

Black and White | Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:15 | Germany:6

Filming Locations:

Ridgecrest, California, USA

Company:

Matador Pictures

Trivia:

'Victor Erice''s segment was originally filmed in color. At the eleventh hour the director decided to print it in black & white.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (2002)

In defense of Herzog

I'm a big Herzog fan. Thought I'd search the web on "Ten Minutes Older" before I bought the DVD. Found the solitary review on this site and in particular the comments made about Herzog. They were so harsh I felt I should search for more reviews. Honestly, I've never seen anything Werner Herzog has done that wasn't unique, interesting etc.

Here's a snip from another site about Herzog's segment. This way, folks like me (who might otherwise run in horror) have a balanced view.

The third short, Werner Herzog's Ten Thousand Years Older [69], is a fascinating mini-documentary which examines the discovery of what might perhaps be the last lost tribe. Set in the Amazon, the film epitomizes Herzog's willingness to go to the ends of the earth to demonstrate his attitudes about civilization's debilitating effects on nature. Genuine tension arises in scenes such as the one showing the tribe's first contact with modern man, in which a native threatens to spy the hidden camera recording the event. When Herzog tells us that these few minutes of contact with the modern world led to the tribe's demise, the film suddenly shifts into a sadder, but no less interesting mode. Time jumps forward twenty years, and the effects of the modern world are made apparent. Even if it's not one Herzog's best works, it's undeniably an excellent piece of movie-making.