Werner Herzog: Ecstatic Truth and Other Useless Conquests (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781789144109)

Werner Herzog came to fame in the 1970s as the European new wave explored new cinematic ideas. With films like Signs of Life (1968); Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972); The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974); and Fitzcarraldo (1982), Herzog became the subject of public debate, particularly due to his larger than life characters, often played by the wild Klaus Kinski. After the success of his documentary Grizzly Man (2005), Herzog became a leading force in a new form of hybrid documentary, and his tough attitude toward life and film made him a director's director for a new generation of aspiring filmmakers. Kristoffer Hegnsvad's award-winning book guides the reader through films depicting gangster priests, bear whisperers, shoe eating, revolutionary filmmakers . . . and a penguin. It is full of rare insights from Herzog's otherwise secretive Rogue Film School, and features interviews with Herzog.

Author: Kristoffer Hegnsvad
ISBN-10: 1789144108
ISBN-13: 9781789144109
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Language: English
Published: 09/10/2021
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 8.70h x 6.20w x 1.40d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2022