Comments on: “The Jungle Is Obscene” — Werner Herzog’s Visceral Nature Writing

By: “We Are Challenging Nature Itself . . . And It Hits Back” — Werner Herzog on Nature’s Violent Obscenity | biblioklept

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:25:29 +0000

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By: bankruptstudent

bankruptstudent — Fri, 27 May 2011 13:02:15 +0000

I have been asked to write a personal essay about landscapes, exile and journeys. I will be purchasing ‘Conquest of the Useless: Reflections from the Making of Fitzcarraldo’ immediately. Excellent article!

By: ed biblioklept

ed biblioklept — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:11:33 +0000

I saw My Best Friend. I’ll have to check out Burden of Dreams. I’m actually really looking forward to this book.

By: Catastrophysicist

Catastrophysicist — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:04:22 +0000

Have you seen either Burden of Dreams or My Best Fiend? The former is explicitly about the making of Fitzcarraldo and the latter is about Kinski, featuring footage of one of his infamous tantrums while making Fitzcarraldo. Oddly BofD doesn’t have any seens like that but is none-the-less an awesome bio.

By: More Excerpts from Werner Herzog’s Conquest of the Useless « biblioklept

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:36:27 +0000

[...] Werner Herzog’s forthcoming account of the making of his epic Fitzcarraldo (we wrote about it here). The paragons of moral literature at Vice Magazine have henceforth published a few more excerpts, [...]

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 15 May 2009 23:14:38 +0000

i only wanted to say i always find your blog insightful and a fluid read. that is all.