Scream of Stone

Scream of Stone is a weird, uncharacteristic feature from Werner Herzog, a minor footnote in the director's long and prolific career. The story is perfect for Herzog, a tale of two competing mountain climbers adapted from an idea given to Herzog by real-life climber Reinhold Messner. Messner was himself the unforgettable subject of Herzog's 1985 documentary The Dark Glow of the Mountains, a