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Vernon, Florida

Special Screening

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

Sponsored by Governor's Office of Film & Entertainment and Film Florida

Back when Morris was still a struggling Berkeley grad student, the legendary German director Werner Herzog promised to eat one of his weathered desert boots if Morris ever had the “guts” to finally make a movie. When Morris premiered Gates of Heaven, Herzog made good on his pledge, and Tampa native Les Blank (who would go on to chronicle the ill-fated production of Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo in his documentary Burden of Dreams) was there to capture the event in all its bizzaro glory.