Two artists can view the exact same landscape and come away with completely different paintings. People who enjoy Herzog's work don't look for a photograph. They look for a mosaic.

I haven’t read the book yet, but typically Herzogs works have a “meta” feel to them, where the main events become more of a backdrop and the camera focuses on the people describing them. I don’t find them to be the best way to learn about a subject, but they’re worth watching anyway.

That guy with the fingers comes to mind