Where the Green Ants Dream

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Where the Green Ants Dream

R,

1984,

1h 40m,

Drama

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A surveying team led by Australian geologist Lance Hackett is setting off subterranean explosions deep in the outback, searching for possible uranium mining sites. Hackett's work is interrupted by Aboriginals Miliritbi and Dayipu, who claim that green ants dream underneath this land, and, if the insects' slumbers are interrupted, the world will come to an end. The dispute between the two sides becomes both a court case and a philosophical debate.

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Oct 23, 2004

3/4

Werner Herzog believes in the voodoo of locations, in the possibility that if he shoots a movie in the right place and at the right time, the reality of the location itself will seep into the film and make it more real.

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

Aug 30, 2004

3/5

As a conventional narrative, it's extremely simple and fairly slapdash, but it's never simple-minded, being too full of moments of inspired craziness and wisdom.

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

Jan 1, 2000

Made in Australia, this effort is a slight, by-the-numbers rehash of Herzog's increasingly offensive noble savage theme.

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

Sep 25, 2009

The director's eye shifts from the indigenous totem poles being celebrated to the less waxen eccentrics swarming in the sidelines

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Jul 7, 2005

4/5

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Luke G

Nov 13, 2017

Herzog's self-reflective depiction of the perhaps fatal clash of humanity is both intriguing and treats the material with utmost seriousness,

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George W

Aug 1, 2017

This little film completely caught me off guard thinking it was a documentary but ultimately a low key drama filmed all in rural South Australia. The story of a mining companies struggle to move forward with the indigenous community due to their fierce love of the land to be mined. All through rather low key & acting excluding the indigenous was a bit so so. It's an interesting sleeper of a film & great to see if you are a fan of the infamous Werner Herzog.

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Baldwin Ferguson

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Miliritbi

Roy Marika

Dayipu

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Synopsis

A surveying team led by Australian geologist Lance Hackett is setting off subterranean explosions deep in the outback, searching for possible uranium mining sites. Hackett's work is interrupted by Aboriginals Miliritbi and Dayipu, who claim that green ants dream underneath this land, and, if the insects' slumbers are interrupted, the world will come to an end. The dispute between the two sides becomes both a court case and a philosophical debate.

Director: Werner Herzog
Producer: Werner Herzog, Lucki Stipetic
Screenwriter: Werner Herzog, Bob Ellis
Production Co: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 19, 2017
Runtime: 1h 40m

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