A Companion to Werner Herzog

Copyright © 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd

A Companion to Werner Herzog

Editor(s): Brad Prager

Published Online: 28 MAY 2012 03:49AM EST

Print ISBN: 9781405194402

Online ISBN: 9781118274491

DOI: 10.1002/9781118274491

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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

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xiv)

    1. Werner Herzog's Companions (pages 1–31)

      Brad Prager

  3. Part I: Critical Approaches and Contexts

    1. Chapter 1

      Herzog and Auteurism (pages 35–57)

      Brigitte Peucker

    2. Chapter 2

      Physicality, Difference, and the Challenge of Representation (pages 58–79)

      Lúcia Nagib

    3. Chapter 3

      The Pedestrian Ecstasies of Werner Herzog (pages 80–98)

      Timothy Corrigan

  4. Part II: Herzog and the Inter-arts

    1. Chapter 4

      Werner Herzog's View of Delft (pages 101–126)

      Kenneth S. Calhoon

    2. Chapter 5

      Moving Stills (pages 127–148)

      Stefanie Harris

    3. Chapter 6

      Archetypes of Emotion (pages 149–167)

      Lutz Koepnick

    4. Chapter 7

      Coming to Our Senses (pages 168–186)

      Roger Hillman

    5. Chapter 8

      Death for Five Voices (pages 187–207)

      Holly Rogers

    6. Chapter 9

      Demythologization and Convergence (pages 208–229)

      Jaimey Fisher

  5. Part III: Herzog's German Encounters

    1. Chapter 10

      “I don't like the Germans” (pages 233–255)

      Chris Wahl

    2. Chapter 11

      Herzog's Heart of Glass and the Sublime of Raw Materials (pages 256–280)

      Noah Heringman

    3. Chapter 12

      The Ironic Ecstasy of Werner Herzog (pages 281–300)

      Roger F. Cook

    4. Chapter 13

      Tantrum Love (pages 301–326)

      Lance Duerfahrd

  6. Part IV: Herzog's Far-Flung Cinema Africa, Australia, the Americas, and Beyond

    1. Chapter 14

      Werner Herzog's African Sublime (pages 329–355)

      Erica Carter

    2. Chapter 15

      Didgeridoo, or the Search for the Origin of the Self (pages 356–370)

      Manuel Köppen

    3. Chapter 16

      A March into Nothingness (pages 371–392)

      Will Lehman

    4. Chapter 17

      The Case of Herzog (pages 393–415)

      Eric Ames

    5. Chapter 18

      The Veil Between (pages 416–444)

      John E. Davidson

    6. Chapter 19

      Herzog's Chickenshit (pages 445–465)

      Rembert Hüser

    7. Chapter 20

      Encountering Werner Herzog at the End of the World (pages 466–484)

      Reinhild Steingröver

  7. Part V: Toward the Limits of Experience Philosophical Approaches

    1. Chapter 21

      Perceiving the Other in the Land of Silence and Darkness (pages 487–509)

      Randall Halle

    2. Chapter 22

      Werner Herzog’s Romantic Spaces (pages 510–527)

      Laurie Johnson

    3. Chapter 23

      The Melancholy Observer (pages 528–546)

      Matthew Gandy

    4. Chapter 24

      Portrait of the Chimpanzee as a Metaphysician (pages 547–565)

      Guido Vitiello

    5. Chapter 25

      Herzog and Human Destiny (pages 566–586)

      Alan Singer

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      Filmography (pages 587–610)

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      Index (pages 611–629)

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