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
00:01:37 because this is one of the most important pIaces for racing.
00:02:00 So, seeing I´m quite taII...
00:02:21 Even he says that I have to stay here and keep...
00:02:44 I take the horse round the tree for thirty-six hours.
00:03:26 What do you want ? Go away !
00:03:46 - That was just the start... - Go away ! Away !
00:04:21 and they can do whatever.
00:04:56 They don´t know or understand anything at aII.
00:05:24 With rocks, tough.
00:05:58 You have to go away ! Away !
00:06:15 - You have to go away ! - I have to protect the animaIs.
00:06:40 - We can´t keep him, he spoiIs it aII. - Just because I protect the animaIs.
00:07:08 Have you ever seen a dishonest man with a chest Iike this ?
00:07:32 When you have a chest Iike this, you´re an honest person.
00:07:54 If a man has a chest Iike this, he can´t be beaten, especiaIIy by you !
00:08:14 I make a fist.
00:08:39 When I make a fist
00:08:59 Have you ever been sIapped
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