God’s Angry Man with Huie’s Sermon

“Dr. Gene Scott, the notorious televangelist whose paranoid grandiosity and fevered rantings made him easily the most complex of his ilk, is the wildly entertaining subject of God’s Angry Man. Herzog visits Scott on the set of the long-running nightly TV show Festival of Faith, filming him in both contemplative and full-on freakout modes; as he hurls bizarre, uncomfortable proclamations towards his at-home audience, Scott reveals himself to be not only passionate about his own teachings, but equally passionate about his own myth of personality.” — The Cinefamily

“‘Americans,’ Herzog once observed, ‘believe that they are normal, that they make sense, and that the rest of the world is exotic. They do not seem to understand that they are the most exotic people in the world right now.’” — J. Hoberman, The Village Voice

God’s Angry Man screens with Huie’s Sermon; filmed at the Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Brooklyn, this short film is the record of a single sermon delivered by charismatic pastor Huie Rogers.

Film Details

God’s Angry Man
Country: Germany
Languages: English, German
Year: 1980
Running time: 44 min
Format: DCP

Director: Werner Herzog
Cinematographer: Thomas Mauch
Editor: Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus

Print Source: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion

Huie’s Sermon

Country: Germany
Languages: English, German

Year: 1980
Running time: 43 min
Format: DCP

Director: Werner Herzog
Cinematographer: Thomas Mauch
Editor: Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus

Print Source: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion

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