We've just heard that the UK DVD release of Werner Herzog's jaw-dropping documentary 'Encounters at the End of the World' is going to be accompanied by a box set containing probably one of the best documentaries ever: 'Grizzly Man'. Hopefully we're going to be lucky enough to be sent a full review copy, but in the meantime here's some more details and some pictures to whet your appetite...

Narrated by Herzog himself, his passion and desire to discover the unexplored and share it with the rest of the world is obvious. Over the course of his journey, Herzog looks at the exceptional human and rare animal life who choose to form a community as far away from  civilization as one can get. A truly uplifting film, ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD will leave viewers captivated by life in this previously unobserved part of our planet.

 
“I wanted to go to Antarctica after seeing underwater pictures of an otherworldly environment, that were taken by a friend of mine, an expert diver, who captured a frozen world unlike anything I had ever seen before. [The people that live there] only seem odd because when you look at the media and magazines, there is this kind of uniformity of people. Down there, you have characters who do not fit into magazines."

- Werner Herzog -

Also released on 31st August 2009 will be WERNER HERZOG’S ENCOUNTERS IN THE NATURAL WORLD 5-disc boxset. This special edition available on DVD and Blu-Ray, includes five stand out Herzog films exploring the natural world with a wealth of extra features giving great insight into Herzog’s work. Films included are ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD, GRIZZLY MAN, WHITE DIAMOND, THE FLYING DOCTORS OF EAST AFRICA and LA SOUFRIÈRE.