# Werner Herzog: Ecstatic Truth and Other Useless Conquests - Hardcover

by **Kristoffer Hegnsvad** (Author), **Claire Thomson** (Translator)

Werner Herzog came to fame in the 1970s as the European new wave explored new cinematic ideas. With films like _Signs of Life_ (1968); _Aguirre, the Wrath of God_ (1972); _The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser_ (1974); and _Fitzcarraldo_ (1982), Herzog became the subject of public debate, particularly due to his larger than life characters, often played by the wild Klaus Kinski. After the success of his documentary _Grizzly Man_ (2005), Herzog became a leading force in a new form of hybrid documentary, and his tough attitude toward life and film made him a director's director for a new generation of aspiring filmmakers. Kristoffer Hegnsvad's award-winning book guides the reader through films depicting gangster priests, bear whisperers, shoe eating, revolutionary filmmakers . . . and a penguin. It is full of rare insights from Herzog's otherwise secretive Rogue Film School, and features interviews with Herzog.

### Author Biography

**Kristoffer Hegnsvad** is a writer, documentary filmmaker, and the film and television editor and critic at _Dagbladet Politiken_, Denmark's biggest daily newspaper. He is the director _of Looking for Exits: Conversations with a Wingsuit Artist_ and _Laamb_. **Claire Thomson** is associate professor in the School of European Languages, Culture and Society at University College London, where her research centers on Danish cinema. She is the author of _Short Films for a Small Nation: Danish Informational Film 1935-1965_.

**Number of Pages:** 256

**Dimensions:** 1.4 x 8.7 x 6.2 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** September 10, 2021

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