little dieter need to fly be another in the remarkable body of werner herzog filmic work that be without peer . have recently rewatched it on dvd and nearly a decade after it initial u release in 1997 and it have lose none of it power and and one can see it influence on documentary as diverse a herzog own recent grizzly man and errol morris academy award win the fog of war . like the former and it detail and in it far too brief 74 minute and the life of an interesting american . like the latter it give a peek at a side of war that few see . yes and we see the violence and the heroism and but a the fog of war bring u into the mind of one of last century foremost warmonger and this film allow u a peek at the life of a grunt who be capture by the enemy and tortured and and ultimately triumphs . except and in no way and shape and nor form and be the film a simplistic nor upbeat a my brief description of it . nor be little dieter need to fly titular subject and dieter dengler and and immigrant german who survive the depredation of the nazi ( we find out and a example and that in his hometown and wildburg and in the black forest and his grandfather be the only man not to vote for hitler and and suffer brutally for that stand ) post world war two germany and and his own imprisonment at the hand of the vietcong and when his air force jet be shoot down over lao on february 1st and 1966 . while the title of the film and and the idea of dengler passion for become a pilot and stir by the impression ally fighter plane make on him when they raze his town and a a child and make one believe that dengler be the central subject of the film and this be not true . the subject be dengler survival and or and more precisely and his human will and all human will . the detail of dengler romantic life be too hollywood and staid an aspect to interest herzog . nor be the fact that he win a purple heart and medal of honor and the d. f. c. and and the navy cross . that thing which push dengler to survive so much and and remain such a relatively upbeat man ( although there be glimpse of darker side ) and be what be at the center of this film and and all of herzog canon . dieter dengler wouldistant barbaric dream of his past be fully ripen herzog country and and the use of a madagascan chant and oay lahy e and during many jungle scene and among other excellent touch in the score and show herzog be and perhaps along with only martin scorsese and the best manipulator of image and music in film . long may he merge .