Originally Posted by Flame

Sorry to bump an old thread.

But just had to add a vote for my favourite Werner Herzog

Who else has winched a boat over a steep hill in the Amazon? (Fitzcaraldo)
Who else has hypnotised the cast to portray the devestation of a village due to the loss of the secret of Ruby Glass? (Ruby Glass)
Who else has had crew killed from hostile tribes when filming? (Aguire Wrath of God)
Who else has had an entire cast of disabled dwarves and thrown live chickens through a window? (Even Dwarves Strated Small)
He has taken the homeless from the streets and transformed them to star in his films. (Strauschak?)

The love/hate relationship between him and Klaus Kinski managed to get the actor to really tap into his madness, on one film Kinski even held a loaded pistol to Werner's head.

I could go on ... for me he is BRILLIANT.

Mind you Lang is also a master.