Review of Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970) by Deanne H — 28 Apr 2009

I've watched this 3 times in one week...what a great film. maybe i'm just partial to it because it's B&W. Hombre reminded me so much of Hans from Freaks, I had to check the credits. so many beautiful shots and some really spooky, striking ones too.

this film has much more meaning than just the moral regarding ostracism that is usually used to describe it. I love that Herzog arrives on location and just includes any interesting things that are going on -- like the chickens cannibalizing each other -- that was not scripted and the chickens were not brought in by the crew.

any other director would end up with a film that was demeaning to dwarfs by being overly sympathetic or something else; the feeling would be lost. Herzog stresses that in his film, the dwarfs are normal and it is their environment that has become monstrous by being the wrong size for them, like in a nightmare.