Iconic German director Werner Herzog is taking his pursuit of ecstatic truth to a new frontier: Instagram .

The 82-year-old filmmaker behind Fitzcarraldo, Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Nosferatu the Vampyre, and Grizzly Man , opened his official Instagram account this week, with the tag: “I am Werner Herzog . This shall be my Instagram.”

His first video post shows Herzog standing in what looks like a clearing in a forest, a raw steak grilling over coals at his feet.

“My name is Werner Herzog,” he says in that sonorous Bavarian accent familiar to all of his fans. “I have been asked why I am not present in the media, in the social media. But I am not using a cell phone or anything like that. But I had the feeling, I should share work and everyday things with you. So I’m opening an

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