Precautions Against Fanatics
1969 · 11 MIN · IMDB 5.7 · 894 VOTES · DIR. Werner Herzog
Overview
The film features several horse trainers and other track workers talking about their roles at the track, always eventually interrupted by an older man who claims to be the true authority, and demands that they be thrown out. One recurring young man, the first to appear, claims that he protects the horses from enthusiastic racing fans. He does not appear to be employed by the track, but seems to provide his services voluntarily. His protection from "fanatics" gives the film its title. The film is shot in a documentary style, but the sheer implausibility of the dialogue leaves the exact nature of the film ambiguous.
Dialogue Timeline — 133 lines
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00:00:05 PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FANS
00:01:34 I´m here on instructions from above
00:01:57 They can become very highIy-strung.
00:02:19 My opinion is...
00:02:36 This is the tree and this is the horse.
00:03:19 You must go, you must go !
00:03:42 Go away !
00:04:10 The others have to Ieave because they don´t have a cIue about horses.
00:04:38 because I´ve grown up with them.
00:05:10 As you can see, my hands aren´t made for this.
00:05:47 - The animaIs... - You have to go away !
00:06:06 It drives the horses crazy.
00:06:26 - I´m gentIe with animaIs. - You have to go away !
00:06:54 I deaI with the doping. They´d Iike to have me eIsewhere, but I´m not going.
00:07:16 Do you know how I do it ? And him ? Before competing,1.5 kg of garIic.
00:07:39 - Good. - You have to go away !
00:07:58 Let´s go back to doping... with garIic.
00:08:18 You have to see me.
00:08:41 you can see white parts, the knuckIes.
00:09:02 so hard you swaIIowed your teeth ?
00:09:22 OnIy in this way you´II get noticed.
00:09:52 there´s wire fencing around the encIosure.
00:10:32 Down here.
00:11:03 I´ve been here a Iong time aIready.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed133
Dialogue density12.1 lines / min
First line00:00:05
Final line00:11:03
Production Record
DirectorWerner Herzog
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes894