How much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck

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How much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck is a 1976 documentary film by German director Werner Herzog, produced by Werner Herzog Filmproduktion. It is a 44 minute film documenting the world championship of livestock auctioneers, which explores their vocation as an art form. This film expresses Herzog's view that art can often be found in the mundane, what people often call craftsmanship or artisanship. Herzog has said that he believes auctioneering to be "the last poetry possible, the poetry of capitalism." [1]

Herzog used two of the featured auctioneers as actors in his later film Stroszek.

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  1. ^ DVD audio commentary for Stroszek

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