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Prager, Brad

A Companion to Werner Herzog

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A Companion to Werner Herzog showcases over two dozen original scholarly essays examining nearly five decades of filmmaking by one of the most acclaimed and innovative figures in world cinema.

  • First collection in twenty years dedicated to examining Herzog’s expansive career
  • Features essays by international scholars and Herzog specialists
  • Addresses a broad spectrum of the director’s films, from his earliest works such as Signs of Life and Fata Morgana to such recent films as The Bad Lieutenant and Encounters at the End of the World
  • Offers creative, innovative approaches guided by film history, art history, and philosophy
  • Includes a comprehensive filmography that also features a list of the director’s acting appearances and opera productions
  • Explores the director’s engagement with music and the arts, his self-stylization as a global filmmaker, his Bavarian origins, and even his love-hate relationship with the actor Klaus Kinski

Keywords: New German cinema; European film; The Bad Lieutenant; Signs of Life; Fata Morgana; Klaus Kinski, Film Theory, 20th Century & Contemporary European History, Film Theory, 20th Century & Contemporary European History

Editor
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Publication year
2012
Language
en
Edition
1
Series
Wiley Blackwell Companions to Film Directors
Page amount
2600 pages
Category
Art, Art History
Format
Ebook
eISBN (ePUB)
9781444361407
Printed ISBN
9781405194402

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