Two Sisters in Sync: Herzog’s Bucking Fastard Debuts at Venice

At Venice, Werner Herzog promotes Bucking Fastard, a bold sex-comedy–picaresque starring Kate and Rooney Mara as nearly identical twins, with their uncanny on-screen synchronicity achieved by singing together. Herzog explains why the film is in competition, praises his leads, and discusses his ongoing work and a close, if sometimes distant, relationship with David Lynch, to whom the film is dedicated. He also weighs in on AI in cinema, criticizing AI-generated projects as mimicry he won’t participate in, while suggesting AI could handle repetitive tasks; he remains creatively active, finishing new projects and curating a photo book from his career.