With Happy People: A Year in the Taiga, Werner Herzog takes viewers on yet another unforgettable journey into remote and extreme natural landscapes. The acclaimed filmmaker presents this visually stunning documentary about the life of indigenous people living in the heart of the Siberian Taiga. Deep in the wilderness, far away from civilization, 300 people inhabit the small village of Bakhtia at the river Yenisei. There are only two ways to reach this outpost: by helicopter or boat. There’s no telephone, running water or medical aid. The locals, whose daily routines have barely changed over the last centuries, live according to their own values and cultural traditions. With insightful commentary written and narrated by Herzog, Happy People follows one of the Siberian trappers through all four seasons of the year to tell the story of a culture virtually untouched by modernity.
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Pinned on January 27, 2013 at 8:01 pm by Malcom Serrano
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PAL – Region 2 Reviews elsewhere give this film a resounding thumbs up but it should be noted that it is NOT by Herzog. It was actually filmed by Dmitry Vasyukov. The latter made a four hour documentary that was distilled by Herzog into a one hour film. As for the problems with the zone, I agree that Amazon should have noted that but that is no reason to give the DVD content a lower rating. Amazon should consider splitting the review grading into two elements: content and technical aspects, such as quality of recording or price.
Duh! Please note that the disc is “Region 2″ (e.g. South Africa) as stated on the actual Amazon purchase page. The disc I purchased is also PAL, not NTSC. My oversight on the Region 2 issue — I don’t think the seller states PAL specifically. In any case, to play on a PC (in the States, anyway), one has to change the DVD drive settings from Region 1 to Region 2, and there is a very limited number of times one can change the drive’s region setting without having to buy a new drive.