Scenarios: Aguirre, the Wrath of God; Every Man for Himself and God Against All; Land of Silence and Darkness; Fitzcarraldo
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (826 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1517903904 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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He grew up in a remote mountain village in Bavaria and now lives in Los Angeles, California. He is author of Of Walking in Ice: Munich–Paris, 23 November–14 December 1974 (Minnesota, 2015) and Conquest of the Useless: Reflections from the Making of Fitzcarraldo.. Werner Herzog has produced, written, and directed more than seventy films
About the AuthorWerner Herzog has produced, written, and directed more than seventy films. He is author of Of Walking in Ice: Munich–Paris, 23 November–14 December 1974 (Minnesota, 2015) and Conquest of the Useless: Reflections from the Making of Fitzcarraldo.. He grew up in a remote mountain village in Bavaria and now lives in Los Angeles, California
I do not follow ideas, I stumble into stories or into people; and I know that this is so big, I have to make a film. And then, during shooting, you have to depart from it sometimes, while keeping it alive in its essence. —Werner Herzog, on filmmakingWerner Herzog doesn’t write traditional screenplays. But of course sometimes I push myself; I read myself into a frenzy of poetry, reading Chinese poets of the eighth and ninth century, reading old Icelandic poetry, reading some of the finest German poets like Hölderlin. and all of a sudden they come wildly swinging at you.When I write a screenplay, I write it as if I have the whole film in front of my eyes. He writes fever dreams brimming with madness, greed, humor, and dark isolation that can shift dramatically during production—and have materialized into extraordinary masterpieces unlike anything in film today. Harnessing his vision and tr