Watch: Glaube und Währung: Dr. Gene Scott, Fernsehprediger 1981 123movies, Full Movie Online – The documentary follows Gene Scott, famous televangelist involved with constant fights against FCC, who tried to shut down his TV show during the 1970’s and 1980’s, and even Scott arguments with his viewers, complaining about their lack of support by not sending enough money to keep going with the show. Werner Herzog presents the man, his thoughts and also includes some of his uncharacteristic programs..
Plot: The documentary follows Gene Scott, famous televangelist involved with constant fights against FCC, who tried to shut down his TV show during the 1970s and ’80s, and even argues with his viewers, complaining about their lack of support by not sending enough money to keep going with the show.
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Portrait of televangelist as human being
This is a portrait of Dr Gene Scott a televangelist who ran into problems with the FCC in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. Scott was eventually shut down, briefly, by the FCC. The documentary, which consists of little more than interviews with Scott and clips from his show, doesn’t really deal with the reasons why the FCC was after him, rather it tries simply to show a man on a mission trying to save people while battling his inner demons.This is an amazing one of a kind documentary that probably could only have been made by Werner Herzog. Herzog isn’t interested in showing anything other than the man. There is no judgment as to what Scott is all about, there is just Scott talking to Herzog and to his audience. The result is a portrait of a man on a mission, who is doing what he feels to be right. The result is that you walk away from the film feeling that you’ve just met a real person and not a manufactured man of god.
If you can track this down its worth seeing. As with all of Herzog’s documentaries you get to see something, or someone in a way that is very unexpected.
Faith and money
1981 was a very religious year for German filmmaker Werner Herzog. He shot two documentary movies of roughly 43 minutes each dealing with faith in Black and White communities in the United States. This one here is about televangelist Gene Scott and his approach to the issue of religion. I actually liked this one more than the other. One reason would be that it is not just 40 minutes of sermon, but actually elaborates on the issue of church and money a whole lot more than the other did. Another difference would be that Herzog narrates and translates in this one as well. And we find out a lot more about the central character. I knew absolutely nothing about Huie after watching the other, but I do know quite a bit about Gene Scott now. He is a fascinating character. Obviously he is struggling hard with some issues and that also brought him in trouble with the law. Herzog never tries to let you see Scott in a positive or negative light. It’s all up to you what to make of this documentary, but it’s almost impossible to have a neutral attitude towards Dr. Scott after seeing this one. The protagonist died 10 years ago, but thanks to Herzog we have an important and interesting memory about him, which also tells us about America in general in the 1970s and 1980s and also about American television back then. Another good thing is that you do not really need a religious background yourself to find this piece of filmmaking interesting. Good watch and I recommend it.
Original Language de
Runtime 44 min
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Status Released
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Genre Documentary
Director Werner Herzog
Writer Werner Herzog
Actors Gene Scott, Werner Herzog
Country West Germany
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Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.33 : 1
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Negative Format 16 mm
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Printed Film Format 35 mm