Barbie.During a recent appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored, the German filmmaker was asked by host Morgan whether he was “in the Barbie camp or the Oppenheimer camp” as the 2024 Oscars approach.“I have not seen Oppenheimer yet, but I will do it.
Barbie, I managed to see the first half-hour,” Herzog responded.“I was curious and I wanted to watch it because I was curious.
And I still don’t have an answer, but I have a suspicion – could it be that the world of Barbie is sheer hell? For a movie ticket, as an audience, you can witness sheer hell, as close as it gets.”He continued: “I don’t know yet, Piers Morgan.
Give me a moment to watch the whole thing. I have to watch the whole thing first.”Herzog appeared to be saying that the Barbie Land location in the Greta Gerwig-directed film was “sheer hell”, rather than criticising the movie itself.
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