Werner Herzog once promised fellow documentary maker Errol Morris that he would eat his shoe if Morris ever finished his movie on pet cemeteries, because he found Morris to be incapable of ever finishing his projects. In 1978 Morris finished his film, and Herzog publicly cooked and ate his shoe. Herzog also made a short film about eating his shoe. The name of the film is Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe.
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While researching for the film Castaway, screenwriter…
While researching for the film Cast Away, screenwriter William Broyles Jr. chose to strand himself for one week on an isolated beach in the Gulf of California to force himself to search for water and food and obtain his own shelter.
Ben Affleck dropped out of college after his creative writing…
Ben Affleck dropped out of college after his creative writing teacher ridiculed an early draft of the Good Will Hunting screenplay.
American Psycho writer Bret Easton Ellis tried…
American Psycho writer Bret Easton Ellis tried to order cocaine from his dealer but instead of texting him he accidentally tweeted it to his 350k followers.
The screenwriter for the movie “Cast Away” stranded himself…
The screenwriter for the movie “Cast Away” stranded himself on an island for research, and when a volleyball washed up on shore, it became the inspiration for “Wilson.”