Ebook: The Cinema of Werner Herzog: Aesthetic Ecstasy and Truth

Cover; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Framing Werner Herzog; 1. Madness on a Grand Scale; 2. Madness on a Minor Scale; 3. Mountains and Fog; 4. Faith; 5. War and Trauma; 6. An Image of Africa; Conclusion: Cinematic Poesis; List of Filmography; Sources and Bibliography; Index.;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.