Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Werner Herzog was approached by AT&T to direct a series of short films warning people of the dangers of texting while driving.
The result was “From One Second to the Next,” a haunting 35-minute piece that could have the effect on texting while driving that “Super-Size Me” had on fast food consumption.
“What AT&T proposed immediately clicked and connected inside of me,” Herzog told the AP. “There’s a completely new culture out there. I’m not a participant of texting and driving – or texting at all – but I see there’s something on in civilization which is coming with great vehemence at us.”
The film focuses on the victims and perpetrators of four car accidents, asking them to describe what happened. It’s hard to watch at times, but for the “more than 40,000 high schools” and “hundreds of safety organizations and government agencies” where it will be shown, it’s important that the film leaves no heart or mind unscathed.
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