‘About a Hero,’ AI-Driven Murder Mystery Inspired by Werner Herzog’s Films, Boarded by Film Constellation as Teaser Launches (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comLeo Barraclough International Features Editor Film Constellation is launching international sales on “About a Hero,” directed by Piotr Winiewicz, an AI-driven murder mystery set to open the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA).
Variety premieres the film’s teaser here. The film is an adaptation of a script co-written by an AI trained on Werner Herzog’s body of work, with his permission.
Winiewicz was inspired by a quote from Herzog himself stating: “A computer will not create a film as good as mine in 4,500 years.” The result is a fictional narrative that is ironically self-reflective, interlaced with a collection of interviews with artists, philosophers and scientists reflecting on the notion of originality, authenticity, immortality and soul in the age of AI.
When a local factory worker named Dorem Clery dies under mysterious circumstances, the film’s narrator, Werner Herzog, travels to Getunkirchenburg to investigate his perplexing death.
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