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The Cinema of Werner Herzog: Aesthetic Ecstasy and Truth

The Cinema of Werner Herzog: Aesthetic Ecstasy and Truth

Hardcover

Series: Directors' Cuts

DirectorsFilm Studies

ISBN10: 190567418X
ISBN13: 9781905674183
Publisher: Wallflower Pr
Published: Nov 19 2007
Pages: 224
Weight: 1.16
Height: 0.87 Width: 6.47 Depth: 9.37
Language: English

Werner Herzog is renowned for pushing the boundaries of conventional cinema, especially those between the fictional and the factual, the fantastic and the real. The Cinema of Werner Herzog: Aesthetic Ecstasy and Truth is the first study in twenty years devoted entirely to an analysis of Herzog's work. It explores the director's continuing search for what he has described as 'ecstatic truth, ' drawing on over thirty-five films, from the epics Aguirre: Wrath of God (1972) and Fitzcarraldo (1982) to innovative documentaries like Fata Morgana (1971), Lessons of Darkness (1992), and Grizzly Man (2005). Special attention is paid to Herzog's signature style of cinematic composition, his romantic influences, and his fascination with madmen, colonialism, and war.

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