Film Review – Salt and Fire

It was established a long time ago that writer/director Werner Herzog exists on his own planet of filmmaking interests. Never one to follow trends or structure, Herzog has been focusing on documentaries over the last decade, with the occasional narrative-driven feature popping into view. “Salt and Fire” appears to be an ultimate combination of the helmer’s love of drama and the natural world, crafting an intimate study of two people trying to figure each other out as the end of the world begins to take shape. “Salt and Fire” isn’t a disaster movie, but Herzog has his urgencies to share with ticket-buyers, once again employing his special brand of idiosyncrasy to relive the picture of the expected. Perhaps the endeavor doesn’t stitch together as cleanly as it could, but it’s always 100% Herzog. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com