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Author:
Werner Herzog, Michael Hofmann
Publisher:
Penguin
Date:
October 10, 2023
The first memoir by legendary filmmaker and celebrated author Werner Herzog.
What The Reviewers Say
The book is nonlinear and exuberantly free-associative, less a narrative than an extravagant demonstration of sensibility.
I don’t believe a word of the filmmaker Werner Herzog’s new memoir.
There is a great deal in this book about Mr. Herzog’s childhood and youth, a convention that can be dull, but not when the life is like this one.
Provides insight into Herzog’s films. It is less of a how-to guide — there are few technical details on the process of filmmaking — and more a deep, often tangent-filled dive into the director’s thought process and his inspiration.
