Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
A playful, absurdist documentary celebrating an eccentric bet between two filmmakers, grounded in genuine camaraderie and the surreal spectacle of a visionary director literally eating his shoe.
Directors Werner Herzog and Errol Morris make a bet which results in Herzog living up to his promise that he would eat his shoe if Errol Morris ever completed the film Gates of Heaven.
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