{"product_id":"ferocious-reality-9780816677641","title":"Ferocious Reality","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Werner Herzog has long avowed that he hates documentaries and does not participate in the tradition. Eric Ames’s wonderful book lets us in on an open secret: ‘Herzog has. . . added to the vitality and visibility of documentary cinema internationally for more than four decades.’ I would go further: the best of the films that Herzog has made over his long career have been those that, if not called documentaries, cannot be labeled fictions. Werner Herzog’s challenges to the documentary tradition have inevitably become part of that tradition. This book shows us how.\" —Linda Williams, University of California, Berkeley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFerocious Reality \u003c\/i\u003eis excellent. The book centers on how Herzog consistently undertakes an exploration of the limits of documentary cinema and engages with it as performative behavior, challenging its boundaries. Eric Ames analyzes a broad range of Herzog’s films and engages with an array of important theoreticians of documentary cinema. This book is first-rate and innovative.\" —Brad Prager, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cinema of Werner Herzog: Aesthetic Ecstasy and Truth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Minnesota Declaration\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Werner Herzog, Documentary Outsider\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Sensational Bodies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGame in the Sand\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eHandicapped Future\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eLand of Silence and Darkness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eWodaabe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e2. Moving Landscapes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dark Glow of the Mountains\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eFata Morgana,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLa Soufrière\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eLessons of Darkness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eWheel of Time\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e3. Ecstatic Journeys\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHuie’s Sermon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBells from the Deep\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePilgrimage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e4. Baroque Visions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath for Five Voices\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eGod and the Burdened\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e5. Cultural Politics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFitzcarraldo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBallad of the Little Soldier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eTen Thousand Years Older\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe White Diamond\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e6. Reenactments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLittle Dieter Needs to Fly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eWings of Hope\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eRescue Dawn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e7. Autobiographical Acts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Am My Films\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePortrait Werner Herzog\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Best Fiend\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrizzly Man\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eConclusion: Herzog’s \u003ci\u003eVérité\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eEncounters at the End of the World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cave of Forgotten Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405968187735,"sku":"9780816677641","price":19.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780816677641.jpg?v=1730494082","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ferocious-reality-9780816677641","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}