German filmmaker Werner Herzog is known for going to any length to “get the shot.” So it stands to reason that there is something in his reading of the eBook phenomena “Go The Fuck To Sleep” that makes it sound that much more hardcore:

Maybe it’s the fact that the guy can take an air rifle shot in the abdomen and still continue an interview:

(I love when he says he wasn’t surprised by being shot.)

And while we’re discussing Werner Herzog, I’d probably put his Aguirre the Wrath of God up there in my top 25 films of all time, though best seen on a big screen. In fact, both the actor Klaus Kinski and the soundtrack composers Popul Vuh deserve their own future Loop posts. In the meantime, here’s a brief scene. Watch out monkey: