Into the Inferno (film)
An exploration of active volcanoes in Indonesia (Mount Sinabung), Iceland, North Korea and Ethiopia (Erta Ale), Herzog follows volcanologist and co-director Clive Oppenheimer, who hopes to minimize the volcanoes’ destructive impact. Herzog's quest is to gain an image of our origins and nature as a species. He finds that the volcano is mysterious, violent, and rapturously beautiful and instructs that "there is no single one that is not connected to a belief system. " The film had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on 3 September 2016. The film also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival on 13 September 2016. The film was released on Netflix worldwide on 28 October 2016. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 92% based on 49 reviews, with an average rating of 7.50/10. The website's critical consensus reads, ""Into the Inferno" finds director Werner Herzog observing some of the most beautiful -- and terrifying -- wonders of the natural world with his signature blend of curiosity and insight." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 76 out of 100 based on 17 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Release
The film had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on 3 September 2016 before its debut on Netflix on 28 October 2016.