Werner Herzog on Mike Tyson 

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Imagine a Tyson biography directed and narrated by Werner Herzog. Would put every other examination of Tyson's life to shame

“The past is just us in funny clothes”. Mike Tyson is a legend

Tyson is the perfect subject for a Herzog movie. Herzog loves the outsiders and the misunderstood. He treats them with such great respect and love.

Now I wish to hear Herzog have a conversation with Tyson.

Boxing is a complicated profession

I am completely and utterly obsessed by Herzog's accent. It is endlessly moreish.

Mike Tyson? Student of history? Enamored of Frankish Kings? What is this rabbit hole I just fell down....

Imagine trying to discredit Mike Tyson because he quoted Cicero. Lol

"But its Mike Tyson quoting Cicero"

Many people don’t take Mike seriously (obviously behind his back). He is the embodyment of the American Dream. This ex-street kid who became a multimilionnaire, lost it all, and came back on top, has known pain at an unimaginable level. When I listen to him speak I hear someone who has grown tremendously.

"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth" - Cicero.

I didn’t think there’d be someone who sounds more like Herzog than Herzog himself. The interviewer is great. Now I’m going to immerse myself in his works.

Tyson is a warrior, a Gladiator. The man knows pain and darkness. He deserves all the respect if not admiration.

Mike is a lesson in self examination. God would be proud of how Mike has learned and grown from the tests thrown at him. What a journey.

"I think there is an earlier edition" Mike Tyson

"Yeah but it's Mike Tyson quoting Cicero!"

Tyson is a fascinating guy, an intellectual born in the wrong place who happened to be one of the toughest human beings on the planet.

Werner Herzog is such an interesting and brilliant man, I love him and his films.

this is the most hilarious heartwarming thing I‘ve seen all year

I'm impressed by Mike Tyson reformation in the past years. To go so low, and then to aspire so high.

He did an animated show with Norm MacDonald. It was a satire of the 80's Mr T show. It's absurd to say a 15 minute cartoon show has multiple levels of irony and metatextual introspection, but there you go.

so much pain and raw feeling and enthusiasm and honesty and healing all in one in every Tyson interview

As a kid In the UK, Friday night was Boxing night on TV. I watched most of Tyson's fights. Always after the event, when we knew the outcome. It was almost inevitable he would win. Now I see videos of him with Grahame Hancock, smoking his home grown weed and eating magic mushrooms chocolate. And I think, Tyson is an elder statesman. No 'charlie' anymore. No street fights anymore. Just grace. And humility.

More. I want more! Lol. Thanks for sharing this with us.

Such interesting Guys, with the two coolest accents on the planet!!

This totally went different then I expected it. I knew he was smart and loved history. He always has been a boxing historian. But the Frankish Kings is an interesting passion. Now I’m gonna have to learn more about those dudes? Lol

Well... I expected literally none of that. Herzog is hilariously afraid of chickens so I expected him to be fascinating, but Tyson quoting Cicero and knowing so many details of really deep historical subjects? Yeah no I didn't see that one coming.

This was absolutely brilliant!

Mike Tyson would be perfect doing public service commercials urging young people, and young black kids especially, to read. I like Mike Tyson and admire what he has made of himself.

This absolutely made my day!!

I'd love to have been in the library when Mike Tyson asked the librarian for a book on "Thithero". 😂

"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth" - Mike Tyson.

There are hidden facets and unknown depths to everyone, and it is so important that we don't allow ourselves to forget that.

I just realized now that Herzog kind of sounds like Mike Tyson with a german accent

Werner Herzog is a Genius

Two names I never thought would be in the same sentence, much less the two actually be in the same room. Amazing.

He did what many of us couldn't do... He stood up to the bullies and he ripped their throat out basically and discovered he was a boxer at the same time

Mike Tyson said about boxing, that it is a thinking man's sport. Well, Mike Tyson is a boxer alright…

This narrator is like the voice twin of herzog

Mike Tyson is an exceptional human being. To go through hell and come out the peaceful philosopher warrior that he is commands the utmost respect. Love you Mike.

Imagine Mike Tyson fighting the Huns in the Catalunian Fields or at Tours with Charles Martel facing down the Ummayads and two generations later fighting the Saxons.

I WANNA SEE THIS IN 2 DAYS ON TYSON PODCAST.... MAKE IT HAPPEN

Tyson is and always has been innately intelligent. Great recall and ability to understand human behavior.

This is not Werner Herzog on Mike Tyson. This is Holdengraber interrupting Werner Herzog on Mike Tyson.

If you learn nothing else from Tyson, know he is a devout reader. Read history and everything else you can get your hands on-- knowledge is power

"But it's Mike Tyson quoting Cicero"

Mike Tyson is a complicated profession

it moves me very deeply as well

Astounding.

I remember all the bad press Mike Tyson got back in the '80s, from his turbulent relationship with Robin Givens to that ol' ear-biting thing. The face tattoo just made him all the more intimidating. To think of how far he has come, how much he has evolved and what kind of a lovely human being he really is. If there was going to be a documentary on his life that I'd actually watch, not being into boxing myself, it would be something done by Werner Herzog. I think he could bring us the Mike Tyson that we need to see and change a lot of minds in the process.

Thats a beautiful thing to say about another...beautiful

Excellent.

I like this actual quote from Iron Mike - " Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face ".

I like that, a lot. "Mike Tyson is a fraud because he's quoting Cicero!" "No, dumbass, Mike Tyson is awesome because he's quoting Cicero!"

You only had to listen to Iron Mike for one minute to know there was someone far deeper and more complex to uncover.

he understands the mental aspect of war not just the phisical, He is an og warrior,

Reading gives you Superpowers.

Imagine getting to interview Werner Herzog and not letting him speak.

Film Production is created in 5 phases: development, pre-production, production, post-production, and distribution. Each phase has a different purpose, with the overarching goal to get to the next one, and ultimately on to distribution. Each stage varies in length, and different roles suit different stages...

This sounds like Werner talking to himself

I would love to ask Mike what he thought of HBO’s “Rome”. If he did, I’m guaranteeing that he is a big fan of Titus Pullo.

The most Germanic interview of äll time.

Mike Tyson’s the man, watching him with his pet pigeons and tigers is so wholesome

"Acclaimed interviewer" Holdengräber having a monologue about Tyson in front of Werner Herzog, who only at the end manages to interject some of his observations on Tyson.

Let me understand: the two arguably BEST boxers in US history (Ali being the other) are both extraordinarily intelligent, sensitive, wise, eloquent, and deeply perceptive of human nature? Maybe we should consider testing ourselves differently to see if we measure up and to what.

Tyson is a legend

This was more Paul Holdengräber on Mike Tyson.

“But it’s Mike Tyson quoting Cicero.” OMG

Tyson loves great stories

Never judge people until you've spent some time conversing with them.

Don't judge a book by its cover. I once had a profound discussion about theology and Hans Kung with a guy with a mullet in a laundromat in Daytona Beach, FL.

My brain is so broken, I thought the interviewer was doing a spot on Werner Herzog impersonation at the beginning.

Ok but here’s something about the Frankish Kings that maybe even Herzog and Tyson don‘t realize: they are the ones who turned the Franks from free warriors into literal serfs. When Clovis conquered Gaul, the Franks were fearsome warriors. When Charlemagne passed half of Europe to his three sons, the descendents of those fearsome warriors were leal peasants bound to land and lord. That‘s one achievement the patriotic school system doesn’t tell you about.

I'm curious to know where/when the reading bug bit Tyson, but it reminds me of something about people who spend lots of time locked up often get literate af. Tyson's dope. The guy on the plane probs had it coming.

Mike Tyson would have been great to have on set when Klaus Kinski was throwing one of his tantrums. Tyson might have been one of the few human beings capable of calming him down.

'It's Mike Tyson quoting Cicero!'

They can probably understand Mike very well because it sounds like they all share the same accent

These two guys both sound like Werner Herzog

Both calm and turbulent waters can run deep

Mike Tyson might be the kind of character Anthony Burgess had in mind when he wrote "A Clockwork Orange", I think.

"It is not titles that honour men but men that honour titles." - that's not me but it is me quoting Machiavelli 💪

Redemption Is Afforded Us All...Who Can Cast The First Stone...🤔

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Mike Tyson is an interesting person, especially now.

Herzog x Tyson travel show

Mike Tyson is what we may call in French "une fleur de macadam". The flower that grows between cracks in the sidewalk.

Why doesn't anyone notice that Paul just speaks 1 to 1 like Tyson haha 😂

Game recognizes game.

Nothing out of extraordinary whole term school means free time between exercises at gym. During that time in old Greek students and teachers talked about math and first philosophy was born.

This caption is misleading. It should say "Interviewer on Mike Tyson".

all the way from heartbreakingly beautiful

They love them some Meik Theissen!

More like Holdengraber on Tyson

whats with the video framing??? why is it like 6 inchs tall???

I’m looking forward to the Fitzcarraldo remake starring Iron Mike.

they both sound like Herzog

„home without books is like body without soul “ comes from Cicero? Cicero lived at 100 BC. I thought the books didn’t exist at that time. Especially to be in many homes.

I wanna hear Tyson’s thoughts on Herzog.

I need to learn some history from Mike Tyson. I suspect he's got an experiential understanding of that Machiavellian stuff!