One of the most interesting and unique movies of the moment is Encounters at the End of the World set to release on June 20th although it has already been shown at several film festivals last year. What makes the film so special is that Encounters at the End of the World stars only one person, Werner Herzog, who also directed.

This film is a documentary produced for the Discovery Channel about the Antarctica and one thousand people living in difficult conditions. Accompanied only by a cameraman, Werner Herzog takes us to that remote location and more precisely to the community of McMurdo Station, headquarters of the National Science Foundation. FuncheapSF reports on the film.

Over the course of his journey, Herzog examines human nature and Mother nature, juxtaposing breathtaking locations with the profound, surreal, and sometimes absurd experiences of the marine biologists, physicists, plumbers, and truck drivers who choose to form a society as far away from society as one can get.

The Movie and Entertainment Blog reports about the McMurdo station.

McMurdo is a gathering place for people who want to step off the map and where everyone seem to be full-time travelers and part-time workers. Beyond the settlement, Herzog ventures from the under-ice depths of the Ross Sea to the brink of the Mount Erebus volcano.

Enjoy the trailer.

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