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The White Diamond

The White Diamond (2004)

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Average Rating: 7.3/10
Critic Reviews: 9
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 1

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Average Rating: 3.9/5
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Werner Herzog once again turns his eye on the beautiful and dangerous wilds of the Amazon in this documentary. Dr. Graham Dorrington is a scientist who specializes in designing experimental aircraft, and in 1992 he invented a unique man-powered airship intended to travel into the Amazon canopy of Guyana, with the goal studying the medicinal herbs said to grow there. However, Dorrington's aircraft proved to be flawed, and an accident on its first voyage into the Amazon claimed the life of Dieter

Oct 25, 2005

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All Critics (21) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (17) | Rotten (1) | DVD (1)

Although The White Diamond is entire of itself, it earns its place among the other treasures and curiosities in Herzog's work.

September 1, 2005 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times
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When we finally see the ship sailing through majestic cloud formations over the breathtaking Amazon canopy, the name seems absolutely fitting -- for a gem of an aircraft and a jewel of a movie.

September 1, 2005 Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune
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Herzog's eye for the weird sometimes makes the docu feel strained, but engaging characters imbue the pic with depth and emotional appeal.

September 1, 2005 Full Review Source: Variety
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A minor but often visually stunning meditation on nature and man's desire to conquer it.

July 8, 2005
Hollywood Reporter
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The film is rather aimless, if not pointless, but you cannot take your eyes off it for one second.

June 3, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Daily News
New York Daily News
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Magnificent shots of waterfalls and other natural phenomena abound, but it's far too late in the history of nature photography to expect anyone to gawk at them.

June 1, 2005
New York Post
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Herzog illustrates through both Dorrington and the Rastafarian the wonder of simply being human.

March 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Journal International
Film Journal International

The film is one small story and how it can be presented and interpreted to mean so much, giving significance to a more introspective definition of triumph.

July 6, 2006 Full Review Source: Window to the Movies
Window to the Movies

One of Herzog's most breathtaking and life-affirming films.

March 4, 2006 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid
Combustible Celluloid

The film ascends to some dizzy, emotional heights. Worth a peek.

December 6, 2005 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com
Filmcritic.com

A superb portrait of the dangers as well as euphoria that can come from chasing one's most treasured dreams.

November 29, 2005 Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness
Lessons of Darkness

Herzog loves to document humanity's perpetual struggle with nature, and in The White Diamond, the jungle -- sometimes makes sophisticated human technology laughably clumsy.

September 26, 2005 Full Review Source: AV Club
AV Club

An intoxicating dream of a film that speaks to the daydreamer in all of us.

June 3, 2005 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide
TV Guide's Movie Guide

In The White Diamond, man and nature barely rub against each other, and it's this friction that makes for the film's most astounding images.

June 3, 2005 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine

Touching, transfixing, unique.

June 2, 2005 Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science Monitor

Audience Reviews for The White Diamond

I still have yet to see the entire thing beginning to end, because this film is my sleepytime film - in that, I watch pieces of it really late at night when I can't get to sleep. Within 10 minutes of watching this I'm passed out. I don't know why, I think it's because of Herzog's magnificent voice. So while I don't necessarily have the clearest idea of what this film is about, I'm really glad it exists because the pieces I've seen of it are fascinating but also remarkably sleep-inducing.
April 20, 2012
jennifxu

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I love Werner Herzog and I really love his documentaries. The White Diamond has been on my list of films to watch for a while now but it's not what I expected. It's very good 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. Anyone else spot where he got the iguana idea for Bad Lieutenant?
December 31, 2010
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