An appreciation by Bob Ignizio
INCIDENT AT LOCH NESS appears on its surface to be a documentary within a documentary. Famous director
Werner Herzog (AGUIRRE THE WRATH OF GOD', FITZCARALDO,
etc.) has been hired by Hollywood producer/screenwriter Zach Penn
(writer of X-2: X MEN UNITED among others) to film a
documentary about the Loch Ness monster. In typical Herzog fashion,
Werner isn't so much interested in the monster as why people seem to
need to believe in such a creature. At the same time, another crew of
filmmakers is making a documentary on Herzog's career, and follow the
filmmaker to Scotland as he begins shooting his documentary.
