DamianNixon (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Hey Geek...he didnt think it substantive so he didnt think it as plastic? If it had been substantive, it WOULD have been plastic then!?? Of course LA is plastic.

geekxlove81 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

he never thought of it as a substantive city.

shadowofmorgoth (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

"facts do not create truths. they create norms, but not an illumination." herzog is One Deep Mofo

DamianNixon (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Rollins never thought of L.A. as a plastic city??? What did he think it was like.....Mecca?

mambonumber9 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

props to Henry for this interview..

theHungryWizard (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

What a king, I don't think he's seen a hollywood move in sixty years.

curstkate (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

So true! Werner can ramble! I love the look on Henry's face when Werner says he'd been shot at many times before with much more serious bullets. This is a great interview!

wilmakramer (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Having watched the interview twice (actually after reading some of the latest comments), I found that the expansion on the substance comment comes before the actual comment. 4'14: Rollins asks Herzog's view on 'the state of Hollywood now'. Herzog's answer leads up to the substance line (5'40), the final statement of his answer. It's the 'rituals, rules, technicalities' and so on that fascinate him and how Hollywood is able to organise and manufacture 'the [collective] dreams of the world'.

yuothineyesasian (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I think he didn't because that would have been a long answer. But Henry was interested in that comment.

melenmelenmelen (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I agree -- Rollins should have let Herzog talk more about LA being a city of substance. Because, living in downtown Hollywood, I'm trying very hard to wrap my feeble mind around this one. (Mayve that's why Herzog's Herzog and I'm just a no-name wannabe!)