November 01, 2002 • Page Image 101
…ship across a mountain range. "I want audiences to trust their eyes again," says Herzog. "I don't use digi- tal tricks or special effects." True to his credo, he cast Finnish acting novice Jouko Ahola, three-time winner of the world's strongest man competition, as Breitbart in the English-language film. "When we show Jouko lifting 900 pounds, he is actually lifting 900 pounds," Herzog says. The director's insistence on truth in moviemaking is ...…

















































