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On 5/23/14 I met Werner Herzog in the lobby of The Silent Movie Theater in Los Angeles. He was in attendance for a Cinefamily screening of his 1971 film Fata Morgana. The story begins like this. I met my friend Tom outside the theater. In the five seconds I had my back turned to Tom while entering the lobby, he magically turned into Werner Herzog. I spun around and my conversation with Herzog had started before I knew what had happened. After shaking his hand, I told him that I had been to the South Pole. He asked me what I did there. I told him I had been the breakfast cook. I mentioned the Ice tunnels and his face lit up with a smile. He was fully present, filled with curiosity. He was soon whisked away to do the intro. My heart was beating fast. During his intro he spoke on the making of Fata Morgana, his childhood, and of cannibalism. And then he mentioned having just met me in the lobby. I melted in my seat. Now, in this moment, I knew that I existed in my great hero's mind as a memory.

Thankfully, my friend Melina, who volunteers at Cinefamily, taped the intro and captured this extraordinary moment in my life.

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