Ferocious Reality: Documentary according to Werner Herzog

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CONTENTS Acknowledgments vii The Minnesota Declaration ix Introduction: Werner Herzog, Documentary Outsider 1 Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe 1. Sensational Bodies 17 Game in the Sand Handicapped Future Land of Silence and Darkness Wodaabe 2. Moving Landscapes 49 The Dark Glow of the Mountains Fata Morgana La Soufrière Lessons of Darkness Wheel of Time 3. Ecstatic Journeys 81 Huie’s Sermon Bells from the Deep Pilgrimage 4. Baroque Visions 105 The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner Death for Five Voices God and the Burdened 5. Cultural Politics 147 Fitzcarraldo Ballad of the Little Soldier Ten Thousand Years Older The White Diamond 6. Reenactments 181 Little Dieter Needs to Fly Wings of Hope Rescue Dawn 7. Autobiographical Acts 215 I Am My Films Portrait Werner Herzog My Best Fiend Grizzly Man Conclusion: Herzog’s Verité 259 Encounters at the End of the World Cave of Forgotten Dreams Notes 269 Index 321 ...