Werner Herzog: a guide for the perplexed

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"Werner Herzog was once hailed by François Truffaut as the most important filmmaker alive. Famous for his frequent collaborations with the mercurial actor Klaus Kinski--including the epics Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, and the terrifying Nosferatu--and more recently with documentaries such as Grizzly Man, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, and Into the Abyss, Herzog has built a body of work that is one of the most vital of post-war European cinema"--Jacket.

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Title Statements

Full title :Werner Herzog : a guide for the perplexed / conversations with Paul Cronin.

Summary

"Werner Herzog was once hailed by François Truffaut as the most important filmmaker alive. Famous for his frequent collaborations with the mercurial actor Klaus Kinski--including the epics Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, and the terrifying Nosferatu--and more recently with documentaries such as Grizzly Man, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, and Into the Abyss, Herzog has built a body of work that is one of the most vital of post-war European cinema"--Jacket.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2014
Edition:Revised and updated edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2014

Notes

"ff"--Spine.

Originally published: Herzog on Herzog.

Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:xli, 542 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations (some color) ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780571259779, 0571259774
oclc:on1014200772
LC Classification:PN1998.3.H477

Visionary vehemence / by Paul Cronin -- The shower curtain -- Blasphemy and mirages -- Adequate imagery -- Athletics and aesthetics -- Legitimacy -- Defying gravity -- Going rogue -- Reveries and imagination -- Fact and truth -- Fervour and woe -- Blowing the fuses -- The song of life -- Ten poems / by Werner Herzog -- Thinking about Germany / by Werner Herzog -- The Minnesota declaration / by Werner Herzog -- Shooting on the lam / by Werner Herzog.

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Biographies Germany Herzog, Werner interviews Motion picture producers and directors Motion picture producers and directors … Motion picture producers and directors …