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Record Nr.

UNINA9910642898003321

Titolo

A companion to Werner Herzog / / edited by Brad Prager

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, [England] : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2012

2012

ISBN

1-4443-6142-2

1-78268-831-5

1-299-15747-5

1-118-27449-0

1-4443-6139-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (645 p.)

Collana

Wiley Blackwell Companions to Film Directors

Disciplina

791.43023092

Soggetti

Motion picture producers and directors - Germany

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters, filmographies and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Critical approaches and contexts -- pt. II. Herzog and the inter-arts -- pt. III. Herzog's German encounters -- pt. IV. Herzog's far-flung cinema : Africa, Australia, the Americas, and beyond -- pt. V. Toward the limits of experience : philosophical approaches.

Sommario/riassunto

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 careerFeatures 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