Hearts of glass follows the tumultuous first 15 months of operation of vertical harvest vh, a multistory, stateoftheart hydroponic greenhouse that grows crops while providing meaningful, competitivelypaid jobs for people with disabilities. Featured on the bands third studio album, parallel lines, it was released as a single in january 1979 and topped the charts in several countries rolling stone ranked the song number 255 on its list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. Our outdoor glass top table on the back patio had shattered for no reason and there was glass everywhere. Hearts of glass by jenten productions and slow food in. Heart of glass is about a small bavarian village whose sole craft, it appears, is a glass blowing factory. The main character is hias, based on the legendary bavarian prophet muhlhiasl. Comprised of some of the more mesmerizing scenes ever captured on film specifically the opening shots of the river of clouds and also the glass blowing factory going at full tilt, this bold allegory from. Werner herzog and the making of heart of glass filmmaker. Information and translations of glass heart in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. This word is applied to people who are overly sensitive and very, very easily take offense by others words. Heart of glass in conventional terms is a failure, ponderous, stilted.
Herz aus glas is a 1976 german film directed and produced by werner herzog, set in 18th century bavaria. I said goodbye to you today then had a cigarette sat and saw your plane make a circle round my head i. Mubi how and why werner herzog hypnotised the cast of heart of glass. So you say that i can trust you baby but im scared of being hurt by you could you promise. I think the movie is pretty recent within 10 years. A state of extreme emotional fragility or susceptibility, one that is easily influenced or affected by others. Herzog put an ad in the paper saying he wanted to make a film where the cast. Theres knockout ned, a goodmeaning sport, who gets sucked in into this. In a film set entirely in a bavarian village around 1800. I feel like they play it when the movie flashes back to the main characters childhood. The film weaves the story of vhs launch with the personal journeys of several employees with intellectual and.
Cuttingedge food production meets social good in an ambitious experiment to provide yearround produce to a mountain town, while providing meaningful employment for. It metaphorically refers to a person whose heart is as fragile as glass and is easily hurt by what others say. But thats just my opinion, its probally wrong but oh well. Poor mary has a heart of glassi dont know how shell recover from toms refusal to go to the prom with her. Heart of glass herz aus glas is a 1976 film by werner herzog. Like many of herzogs films, heart of glass deals with the mechanics of obsession.
Heart of glass deals not with the madness of obsession but the madness of loss. Intended to provide yearround fresh produce and employment for individuals with disabilities, will vertical harvest transform a. Jennifer tennicans documentary hearts of glass debuts at the reelabilities film festival. Hearts of glass tells the story of the first year of operation of vertical harvest. In a film set entirely in a bavarian village around 1800, it foresees the wars and calamities of the next two centuries and extends on into the 21st with humanitys nightfall. Tomtthe movie this song was used in heart of glass.
Unlike herzogs other movies, with their superrealistic substrate on which he paints our miserable human condition, heart of glass is an allegory, a fable told to peasants as a cautionary tale. It was featured on the bands third studio album, parallel lines 1978, and was released as the albums third single in january 1979 and reached number one on the charts in several countries. New york city, a festival organized to showcase films that showcase stories of people with different abilities. Blondie heart of glass official music video youtube. Heart of glass 1976 optimism in destruction celluloid wicker. And a measure of the films failure is the way these two sequences seem. To have a heart of glass means to be very easily affected by something or someone. A small town in the forest regions of bavaria, late 18th century. Many herzog films have a wild tale, a hook, offcamera or on sometimes both. Once i had a love and it was a gas soon turned out had a heart of glass seemed like the real thing, only to find.
Even though she knew his reputation for loving and leaving. Herzog has also opened up his scope from a single individual or small group to an entire village. Apr 21, 2020 werner herzogs heart of glass 1976 is a vision of mans future as desolation. Heart of glass 1976 stream and watch online moviefone. Mubi how and why werner herzog hypnotised the cast of. Tomtthe movie this song was used in heart of glass blondie close. The film was written by herzog, based partly on a story by herbert achternbusch. She wrote it in 1974 together with guitarist chris stein, who saved her from her stalker. Werner herzogs 1976 film, heart of glass herz aus glas, has one of the directors strongest opening set of images as the main character of.
Mubi how and why werner herzog hypnotised the cast of heart. I have been hunting for the symbolic meaning of all this broken glass. Enjoy outtakes, extras, and trailers produced by jenten productions. A person with a heart of glass is generally regarded by others as being extremely sensitive and emotionally fragile. Amys heart of glass got the best of her when she jumped into a relationship with tom. Heartofglass dictionary definition heartofglass defined. Heart of glass was the groups tenth released single, and the first to make the top 100 chart. Hearts of glass details vertical harvests first year from inception to table. Made in his productive seventies period, heart of glass is wild experimentation, much like the hallucinogenic fata morgana though this time there is some semblance of plot, with a background in bavarian history and folklore, thus making it quite a personal film for herzog as he grew up not far from the shooting location. Heart of glass is a song by the american new wave band blondie, written by singer debbie harry and guitarist chris stein. If he were giving a lecture on the idiosyncrasies of his films, i would like to be there.
Award winning filmmaker jennifer tennican presents hearts of glass. Im not talking about some david lynch drek either where there is no meaning. Archived tomtthe movie this song was used in heart of glass blondie i can vaguely remember a scene in a movie where this song was used. In heart of glass herz aus glas, 1976, which gained some notoriety from herzogs reported use of hypnotism on his actors, we see one of. Heart of glass 1976 not only has one of the best, but like all the others the film itself. A small village is renowned for its ruby glass glass blowing works. Heart of glass is a song by american new wave band blondie, written by singer deborah harry and guitarist chris stein. Once i had a love and it was a gas soon turned out had a heart of glass seemed like the real thing, only to find mucho mistrust, loves gone behind once i had a love. Werner herzogs heart of glass 1976 is a vision of mans future as desolation. Often, this idiom is used to describe a romantic heart that is easily hurt or broken. Heart of glass 1976 werner herzog may well be one of my most cherished humans on the planet. Steve from torrance, ca according to wikipedia, the use of this song on the tv show wkrp in cincinnati helped to introduce the band to the wider american mainstream.