The White Diamond
Dir: Werner Herzog
2004
****
I love Werner Herzog and I really love his documentaries. The White Diamond however was not what I expected. It's very entertaining and typical of Herzog's greatness for the most part but cracks do appear. His usual method of continuing to film the people after they have said what they wanted to say feels really awkward here. He puts words into peoples mouths, Marc Anthony Yhap was already an interesting character, putting the camera in his face only smothered him. There is still some Herzog greatness here though, no one else makes films like this and no one else could. It's very much a four star film but it is a sugar-free Herzog doc. Anyone else spot where he got the iguana idea for Bad Lieutenant?