Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen

I'm invariably surprised when I mention this film to friends that they say they've never seen it. Werner Herzog in Australia? C'mon. How could the great German director of Wozzeck, Nosferatu and other Gothic classics concern himself with a very oblique tale of a development project impeded by Aboriginal Australians who contend that disturbing the green ants dreams by ripping up their habitat will likewise rip the fabric of the universe? The government solution is to give them an airplane which one of the younger members of their tribe eventually manages to take off with a number of the elders on board. Looking over the cast, you likely not recognize names that most of us who don't follow Aussie films know; some of us may know Bruce Spence from the Mad Max films who plays a geologist, but there are many Australian Aborigines. A poignant moment is seen in the court room scene where one Aborigine rises to speak and the judge asks for a translation, only to be told the men is called "the Mute" because there's no one left who understands his tribal language.

The overall effect of the film is wonderfully Herzog with a surrealistic portrayal of the clash of old and new, progress versus conservation and fraught with cultural miscommunication. I really recommend this film for your viewing.

where the green ants dreaming， 绿蚂蚁做梦的地方
　　
　　澳洲荒漠中，一个石油开采公司准备开采这个荒地，被一群澳洲土著阻止，土著们说：
　　
　　“这是绿蚂蚁做梦的地方”
　　
　　你们不能破坏它们的梦境，它们跑出来的话，世界就会被它们吞噬。
　　
　　绿蚂蚁是什么？ 后来片中真的出来一个昆虫学家解释了一把。
　　
　　绿蚂蚁倒底是什么呢？ 你知道吗？
　　
　　这个片子市面上绝对找不到的，1984年的VHS录像带版，我下了一个多月终于下完，今天看了。

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