By Brad Prager
A better half to Werner Herzog showcases over dozen unique scholarly essays studying approximately 5 a long time of filmmaking via essentially the most acclaimed and cutting edge figures in global cinema.
- First assortment in two decades devoted to studying Herzog’s expansive career
- Features essays via overseas students and Herzog specialists
- Addresses a wide spectrum of the director’s motion pictures, from his earliest works corresponding to Signs of Life and Fata Morgana to such contemporary movies as The undesirable Lieutenant and Encounters on the finish of the World
- Offers artistic, cutting edge methods guided by way of movie historical past, paintings historical past, and philosophy
- Includes a finished filmography that still incorporates a checklist of the director’s appearing appearances and opera productions
- Explores the director’s engagement with song and the humanities, his self-stylization as an international filmmaker, his Bavarian origins, or even his love-hate dating with the actor Klaus Kinski
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