{"product_id":"scenarios-iii-werner-herzog-9781517907815","title":"Scenarios III: Stroszek; Nosferatu, Phantom of the Night; Where the Green Ants Dream; Cobra Verde","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor the first time in English, and in his signature prose poetry, the film scripts of four of Werner Herzog's early works\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Herzog doesn't write traditional scripts,\" \u003ci\u003eFilm International\u003c\/i\u003e remarked of the master filmmaker's \u003ci\u003eScenarios I \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eII\u003c\/i\u003e. \"Instead, he writes scenarios which are like a hybrid of film, fiction, and prose poetry.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContinuing a series that \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e pronounced \"compulsively readable . . . equal parts challenging and satisfying, infuriating and enlightening,\" \u003ci\u003eScenarios III\u003c\/i\u003e presents, for the first time in English, the shape-shifting scripts for four of Werner Herzog's early films: \u003ci\u003eStroszek\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eNosferatu, Phantom of the Night\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWhere the Green Ants Dream\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eCobra Verde\u003c\/i\u003e. We can observe Herzog's working vision as each of these scenarios unfolds in a form often dramatically different from the film's final version--as, in his own words, Herzog works himself up into \"this kind of frenzy of high-caliber language and concepts and beauty.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eScenarios I\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eII\u003c\/i\u003e, this volume completes the picture of Herzog's earliest work, affording a view of the filmmaker mastering his craft, well on his way to becoming one of the most original, and most celebrated, artists in his field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Werner Herzog\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517907810\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517907815\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/14\/2019","brand":"Werner Herzog","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43940066623743,"sku":"9781517907815","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d1bd6534-4a2d-42a6-92f2-110b703c23b0.jpg?v=1681445092","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/scenarios-iii-werner-herzog-9781517907815","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}