Werner Herzog on Mike Tyson

This is a segment from a January 2015 Conversation.

Werner Herzog was joined by the acclaimed interviewer Paul Holdengräber to offer his ‘Guidance for the Perplexed’ to the how to: Academy’s London audience. This film presents the event in its entirety.

[YamatoTre]

Imagine a Tyson biography directed and narrated by Werner Herzog. Would put every other examination of Tyson's life to shame

[infinitejest]

“The past is just us in funny clothes”. Mike Tyson is a legend

[binkymagnus]

Tyson is the perfect subject for a Herzog movie. Herzog loves the outsiders and the misunderstood. He treats them with such great respect and love.

[ndenz]

Now I wish to hear Herzog have a conversation with Tyson.

[thesprawl]

I am completely and utterly obsessed by Herzog's accent. It is endlessly moreish.

[hebrewsky]

Imagine trying to discredit Mike Tyson because he quoted Cicero. Lol

[Zennofobic]

Mike Tyson? Student of history? Enamored of Frankish Kings? What is this rabbit hole I just fell down....

[MAAF]

"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth" - Cicero.

[andrejohnson]

Many people don’t take Mike seriously (obviously behind his back). He is the embodyment of the American Dream. This ex-street kid who became a multimilionnaire, lost it all, and came back on top, has known pain at an unimaginable level. When I listen to him speak I hear someone who has grown tremendously.

[OneFurlongTooLong]

I didn’t think there’d be someone who sounds more like Herzog than Herzog himself. The interviewer is great. Now I’m going to immerse myself in his works.

[SirGregg]

Mike is a lesson in self examination. God would be proud of how Mike has learned and grown from the tests thrown at him. What a journey.

[MarcusRonaldi]

"But its Mike Tyson quoting Cicero"

[ultimoguerreiro]

Tyson is a warrior, a Gladiator. The man knows pain and darkness. He deserves all the respect if not admiration.

[DenOndeMister]

This is the kind of stuff that should be on TV.

[DelightLovesMovies]

Werner Herzog is such an interesting and brilliant man, I love him and his films.

[roarprawn]

I'm impressed by Mike Tyson reformation in the past years. To go so low, and then to aspire so high.

[zettelkastendev]

this is the most hilarious heartwarming thing I‘ve seen all year

[DecMc]

As a kid In the UK, Friday night was Boxing night on TV. I watched most of Tyson's fights. Always after the event, when we knew the outcome. It was almost inevitable he would win.
Now I see videos of him with Grahame Hancock, smoking his home grown weed and eating magic mushrooms chocolate. And I think, Tyson is an elder statesman. No 'charlie' anymore. No street fights anymore. Just grace. And humility.

[MarcusRonaldi]

"I think there is an earlier edition" Mike Tyson

[christianpervert]

"Yeah but it's Mike Tyson quoting Cicero!"