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Herzog on Herzog / edited by Paul Cronin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Faber and Faber, 2002.Description: xii, 340 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0571207081
  • 9780571207084
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.43 HER
Online resources:
Contents:
1 The Shower Curtain 1 -- Herakles -- Game in the Sand -- The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz -- 2 Blasphemy and Mirages 32 -- Signs of Life -- Precautions Against Fanatics -- The Flying Doctors of East Africa -- Even Dwarfs Started Small -- Fata Morgana -- 3 Adequate Imagery 65 -- Handicapped Future -- Land of Silence and Darkness -- Aguirre -- The Wrath of God -- The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner -- No One Will Play with Me -- 4 Athletics and Aesthetics 101 -- The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser -- Heart of Glass -- 5 Legitimacy 135 -- How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck -- Stroszek -- La Soufriere -- Nosferatu the Vampyre -- Woyzeck -- 6 Defying Gravity 166 -- God\'s Angry Man -- Huie\'s Sermon -- Fitzcarraldo -- Ballad of the Little Soldier -- The Dark Glow of the Mountains -- 7 The Work of Illusionists 201 -- Where the Green Ants Dream -- Cobra Verde -- Wodaabe -- Echoes from a Sombre Empire -- The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur -- Scream of Stone -- Film Lesson -- 8 Fact and Truth 238 -- Lessons of Darkness -- Bells from the Deep -- The Transformation of the World into Music -- Death for Five Voices -- Little Dieter Needs to Fly -- Wings of Hope -- 9 The Song of Life 273 -- My Best Fiend -- The Lord and the Laden -- Pilgrimage -- Invincible -- The Minnesota Declaration 301.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

An invaluable set of career-length interviews with the German genius hailed by François Truffaut as "the most important film director alive"

Most of what we've heard about Werner Herzog is untrue. The sheer number of false rumors and downright lies disseminated about the man and his films is truly astonishing. Yet Herzog's body of work is one of the most important in postwar European cinema.
His international breakthrough came in 1973 with Aguirre, The Wrath of God , in which Klaus Kinski played a crazed Conquistador. For The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser , Herzog cast in the lead a man who had spent most of his life institutionalized, and two years later he hypnotized his entire cast to make Heart of Glass . He rushed to an explosive volcanic Caribbean island to film La Soufrière , paid homage to F. W. Murnau in a terrifying remake of Nosferatu , and in 1982 dragged a boat over a mountain in the Amazon jungle for Fitzcarraldo . More recently, Herzog has made extraordinary "documentary" films such as Little Dieter Needs to Fly . His place in cinema history is assured, and Paul Cronin's volume of dialogues provides a forum for Herzog's fascinating views on the things, ideas, and people that have preoccupied him for so many years.

Interview of Werner Herzog by Paul Cronin.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-329) and index.

Filmography: p. 303-326.

1 The Shower Curtain 1 -- Herakles -- Game in the Sand -- The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz -- 2 Blasphemy and Mirages 32 -- Signs of Life -- Precautions Against Fanatics -- The Flying Doctors of East Africa -- Even Dwarfs Started Small -- Fata Morgana -- 3 Adequate Imagery 65 -- Handicapped Future -- Land of Silence and Darkness -- Aguirre -- The Wrath of God -- The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner -- No One Will Play with Me -- 4 Athletics and Aesthetics 101 -- The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser -- Heart of Glass -- 5 Legitimacy 135 -- How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck -- Stroszek -- La Soufriere -- Nosferatu the Vampyre -- Woyzeck -- 6 Defying Gravity 166 -- God\'s Angry Man -- Huie\'s Sermon -- Fitzcarraldo -- Ballad of the Little Soldier -- The Dark Glow of the Mountains -- 7 The Work of Illusionists 201 -- Where the Green Ants Dream -- Cobra Verde -- Wodaabe -- Echoes from a Sombre Empire -- The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur -- Scream of Stone -- Film Lesson -- 8 Fact and Truth 238 -- Lessons of Darkness -- Bells from the Deep -- The Transformation of the World into Music -- Death for Five Voices -- Little Dieter Needs to Fly -- Wings of Hope -- 9 The Song of Life 273 -- My Best Fiend -- The Lord and the Laden -- Pilgrimage -- Invincible -- The Minnesota Declaration 301.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction (p. vii)
  • 1 The Shower Curtain (p. 1)
  • Herakles
  • Game in the Sand
  • The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz
  • 2 Blasphemy and Mirages (p. 32)
  • Signs of Life
  • Last Words
  • Precautions Against Fanatics
  • The Flying Doctors of East Africa
  • Even Dwarfs Started Small
  • Fata Morgana
  • 3 Adequate Imagery (p. 65)
  • Handicapped Future
  • Land of Silence and Darkness
  • Aguirre
  • The Wrath of God
  • The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner
  • No One Will Play with Me
  • 4 Athletics and Aesthetics (p. 101)
  • The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
  • Heart of Glass
  • 5 Legitimacy (p. 135)
  • How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck
  • Stroszek
  • La Soufriere
  • Nosferatu the Vampyre
  • Woyzeck
  • 6 Defying Gravity (p. 166)
  • God's Angry Man
  • Huie's Sermon
  • Fitzcarraldo
  • Ballad of the Little Soldier
  • The Dark Glow of the Mountains
  • 7 The Work of Illusionists (p. 201)
  • Where the Green Ants Dream
  • Cobra Verde
  • Wodaabe
  • Echoes from a Sombre Empire
  • The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur
  • Scream of Stone
  • Film Lesson
  • 8 Fact and Truth (p. 238)
  • Lessons of Darkness
  • Bells from the Deep
  • The Transformation of the World into Music
  • Death for Five Voices
  • Little Dieter Needs to Fly
  • Wings of Hope
  • 9 The Song of Life (p. 273)
  • My Best Fiend
  • The Lord and the Laden
  • Pilgrimage
  • Invincible
  • The Minnesota Declaration (p. 301)
  • Filmography (p. 303)
  • Bibliography (p. 327)
  • Index (p. 331)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Paul Cronin is a writer and filmmaker. He edited Roman Polanski: Interviews and writes for numerous publications, including Sight and Sound.

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