- Six weeks after Herzog's first interview, death row inmate James Barnes wrote to Herzog, implying that he would confess to two more murders he had committed. He did later confess.
- Michael Perry was executed eight days after the interview was filmed. Apart from him, the other interviewees were alive until the film's premiere.
- One person offered to talk to Herzog, but his defense attorney refused at the last minute. Herzog immediately agreed to give up the shooting, but asked to keep the opportunity until the right moment.
- When interviewing Michael Perry, after 120 seconds of chatting, he was suddenly silent. Fortunately, things didn't go wrong.
- Four months after the first visit to Barnes, Herzog and his film crew were allowed to see Barnes again. Herzog told Barnes what his father brought to his son: "First I love him, Second, I hate the crime he committed."
- The film features a retired execution captain who suddenly collapses after carrying out 125 executions .
Into the Abyss behind the scenes gags
2022-02-04 08:15
Extended Reading
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Deonte 2022-03-28 09:01:14
Herzog is not neutral. He is clearly inclined to abolish the death penalty. On the premise of showing the views of both parties, the inquiry is guided. For example, interviewing retired executioners and asking the families of the victims how they felt about watching the execution and life imprisonment, but the Germans have no right to judge American laws, nor do they want to discuss the issue of abolition. Crow with the perseverance of life. There is no monitoring or replay. Jason's father, who has been in prison for a lifetime, has no concept of the century, "I forgive you."
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George 2022-03-27 09:01:23
After the 3D documentary "The Cave of Forgotten Dreams", Werner Herzog brings a new documentary "Gaze into the Abyss", in which he still discusses the topic of extreme conditions of human nature. The theme of the story is about the "death penalty": he interviews death row prisoners, the police, the families of the victims, and the film is grim and gloomy, and it forces us to confront this morally ambiguous field. It's basically a conversation, a little boring.
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Fred Allen: Hold still and watch the birds. Once you get up into your life like that, and once you feel good about your life, you do start watching what the birds do. What the doves are doing. Like the hummingbirds. Why are there so many of them.