Miami New Times

“Into the Abyss”: Werner Herzog’s Take on Murder and the Death Penalty

An egalitarian study of crime and punishment in a small southern town, Into the Abyss is also an unmistakably Herzogian inquiry into the lawlessness of the human soul. That would be the abyss of the ...
Reuters

First look: Werner Herzog's "Into the Abyss"

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Werner Herzog's "Into the Abyss" is the second high-profile 2011 documentary to focus on a murder for which men were sentenced to death. But it's a far cry from "Paradise ...
Miami New Times

Herzog’s Abyss

After all the corny Christmas blockbusters — Oh, you bought a zoo? No one cares — a documentary about a somber topic will be mentally refreshing. Into the Abyss is Werner Herzog’s newest documentary, ...
New Times Broward-Palm Beach

“Into the Abyss” Review: After the Murders, Before the Death Penalty

An egalitarian study of crime and punishment in a small Southern town, Into the Abyss is also an unmistakably Herzogian inquiry into the lawlessness of the human soul. That would be the abyss of the ...
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Into the Abyss (2011)

In Texas, the death penalty remains a present reality. But how does someone even become a death row inmate? What drives a person to commit such terrible acts that the death penalty applies? Director ...