So I saw Werner Herzog's "Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle" again yesterday ... and I was once again all smiles - and utterly moved by its beauty in every aspect of the art of filmmaking ... but with a special mention for Bruno S' acting of course (IM Bruno Schleinstein, 1932-06-02 > 2010-11-08). Apart from that, the actual historical figure of Kaspar Hauser is fascinating as well - see the links below for an introduction!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Enigma_of_Kaspar_Hauser
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeder_f%C3%BCr_sich_und_Gott_gegen_alle
http://www.pajiba.com/pajiba_blockbusters/the-enigma-of-kaspar-hauser.php
http://filmsufi.blogspot.com/2010/11/enigma-of-kaspar-hauser-werner-herzog.html
http://jayveeaitch.wordpress.com/2011/08/10/herzogs-cave-of-forgotten-dreams-1/
http://internationalcinemareview.blogspot.com/2011/11/werner-herzog-jeder-fur-sich-und-gott.html
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071117/REVIEWS08/71117001/1023
http://thethoughtexperiment.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/rip-bruno-schleinstein-bruno-s/
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/arts/music/15bruno.html
http://mubi.com/films/the-enigma-of-kaspar-hauser
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/1999/oct/28/3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspar_Hauser
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspar_Hauser
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspar_Hauser

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Curtis#Death

http://escapefromlimbo.com/?p=11

Meanwhile, don't expect too much from (the links to) http://futurestates.tv/ yet, at this particular point in time (i.e. before 2010-03-08). For more on the director (probably most famous for 2005's "Man Push Cart"), click the links under his name above, or check these:
http://www.ioncinema.com/news/id/4308/ramin_bahrani_finds_a_new_use_for_the_plastic_bag
http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/03/the_new_great_american_directo.html
http://www.ebertfest.com/eight/bios.html#bahrani
http://www.metronc.com/article/?id=1889
http://www.giganticpictures.com/
http://www.noruzfilms.com/whoweare/index.html

But what's that Future States thang, you ask? San Francisco's Independent Television Service (ITVS) has announced "Future States", "a new online fictional series to explore visions of life in a future America" (read: USA). The project is part of their "strategy for a sustainable competitive public media", and apparently, the Corporation of Public Broadcasting (CPB, "a private corporation funded by the American people") is involved too. We wish them all the best. From our old continent (aka RoW) point of view, it's fascinating to follow what is and might still be happening in the USA in its transformation form a world superpower backed by the almighty dollar to a nation finally trying to deal with its sustainability, health & homeless problems, to name but a few. For the Obama momentum … soit, that's been & being discussed way too much already. Positive project wise … "ITVS worked with over 20 of today’s best and emerging indie filmmakers to complete the 11 films to make up FutureStates. Contributors include acclaimed director Ramin Bahrani, whose mini-feature entitled "Plastic Bag" is narrated by the legendary Werner Herzog, Greg Pak‘s "Mister Green" and Tze Chun’s "Silver Sling". “Even though FutureStates is a fictional series, we want to engage viewers in a conversation about our world,” says Matthew Meschery, ITVS director of Digital Initiatives. “In many ways, imagining the future helps us come together around the challenges we face today. FutureStates is definitely not a tv series,” adds Meschery. “It’s a transmedia program for your computer, your phone, and your tv too.”" Source : http://itvs.org/pressroom/press_detail.php?pressId=6687

Thank you De Filmkrant for bringing this to our attention!
& see also http://everydaytrash.com/2009/10/01/ramin-bahranis-plastic-bag/ ;-)

First we take Hollywood, then we take Berlin … even bigger Herzog news on http://www.werner-herzog-film.de/collection.html :

The Deutsche Kinemathek - Museum für Film und Fernsehen has taken the Werner Herzog Collection, a collection of works by the author and director, into its archives. The Werner Herzog Collection will be housed at the foundation Deutsche Kinematek Berlin and will be available to the public in 2010. The collection will be housed at the foundation Deutsche Kinematek Berlin and will be available to the public in 2010. The collection will contain of  Werner Herzog’s papers, worksheets, photos, posters, critics, screenplays etc. collected during his career as filmmaker, producer, writer, actor or stage director (to only name a few) of nearly 50 years. We will inform you the moment the collection can be accessed.

If all goes well, the Sammlung Werner Herzog will see its vernissage during the Berlinale - http://www.berlinale.de/ - in February (2010-02-11 > 21). See also http://www.deutsche-kinemathek.de/ + http://www.museumsportal-berlin.de/news/einzelansicht/article/4/deutsche-kine... + check the Herzog tag below for lots more on der Werner. Hallo Deutsche Bahn, hallo Lufthansa?

Via the (non official) fan page dedicated to Werner Herzog on Fb - http://www.facebook.com/wernerherzog.ds - I've just learned the most fascinating news: our favourite living director Werner Herzog has opened a film school. (Maybe the news is quite old, I don't know, but I thought I'd (re)share it anyway.)
http://www.wernerherzog.com/index.php?id=38
http://www.roguefilmschool.com/

In "Herzog on Herzog" (London: Faber and Faber 2002 - http://www.faber.co.uk/work/herzog-on-herzog/9780571207084/ - ISBN 9780571207084) der Werner had already developed the most fascinating plans for a film school. Check pages 12 to 16 via http://books.google.be/books?id=ydN_2oj8M0wC - or else try http://www.rowthree.com/2008/11/15/on-filmmaking-werner-herzog/ - for an introduction to Herzog's exciting vision, one that is also consistent, incidentally, with his walking from Munich to Paris on foot in 1974, as documented in his book "Vom Gehem im Eis" (1978 / 1981) - http://www.fischerverlage.de/buch/Vom_Gehen_im_Eis/9783596183470 - ISBN 9783596183470, translated in English as "Of walking in ice" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Of_Walking_In_Ice -, in French as "Sur le chemin des glaces" - http://www.pol-editeur.com/index.php?spec=livre&ISBN=2-86744-137-4 - and in Dutch as "Over een voettocht door de kou" (no info on Prometheus publishers' site).

Then, after visiting Google Books, do go out and order the full "Herzog on Herzog", as it is one of the very best books I've yet read on film making, and an utter must for everyone who loves both the personality and the movies of Werner Herzog. (Thank you Paul Cronin for insisting and ultimately convincing Mr. Herzog to have himself interviewed so diligently.) On pages 227-228, you'll find Herzog commenting on his eight part, 240' film documentary "Film Lesson" (Vienna, 1991).

For more on Herzog:
http://www.wernerherzog.com/
http://www.myspace.com/herzogfilms
http://www.myspace.com/werzog
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Herzog
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Herzog
http://archive.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/06/herzog.html
http://www.muhka.be/toont_film_thema.php?la=nl&id=149
http://www.theauteurs.com/cast_members/100
http://www.theauteurs.com/notebook/posts/1329

http://www.nrc.nl/W2/Lab/Profiel/IDFA1999/herzog.html
http://www.klaus-kinski.de/herzog/kkwh.htm
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071117/PEOPLE/71117002
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050828/PEOPLE/50828001
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050811/REVIEWS/50726001/1023
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.07/herzog.html
http://rescuedawn.mgm.com/
http://www.rescuedawnthetruth.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_Dawn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieter_Dengler
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Dieter_Needs_to_Fly
http://encountersfilm.com/
http://silverdocs.com/festival/films/2008/encounters-end-world/
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/11/movies/11enco.html
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/the_big_picture/2009/05/who-will-buy-werner-h...
http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/08/17/werner-herzogs-my-son-my-son-what-have-ye...
http://reelsuave.com/2008/05/15/herzog-and-lynch-come-together-for-my-son-my-...
http://twitchfilm.net/news/2008/05/absurda-lynch-herzog-jodorowski.php
(Am a tad sceptical about the "Bad lieutenant" remake - Ferrara's film was perfect as it was and who can possibly better Keitel's role - but still ... can't wait to see it - and "My son, my son, what have ye done" too. And what to think about Lynch teaming up with Jodorowsky?!?)

Bonus for those of you who understand Italian:
http://abbracciepopcorn.blogspot.com/search/label/Werner%20Herzog
http://giulianocinema.blogspot.com/search/label/Herzog

& there's fascinating news about Bruno S too, at http://uzine.posterous.com/bruno-sings