Conquest of the Useless
Fever Dreams in the Jungle
$20.85
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
28 October 2025
Summary
For the first time in red spine, Werner Herzog’s legendary document of his most infamous act—the filming of his masterpiece, Fitzcarraldo.
A fever-dream journal documenting the making of cinema’s most infamous production, from the world’s most infamously visionary director—Werner Herzog.
In 1982, the visionary film director, Werner Herzog, released Fitzcarraldo, a lavish film about a would-be rubber baron who pulls a 320-ton steamship over a mountain. Hailed …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784879785 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784879789 |
| Author: | Werner Herzog |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 28 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 225g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
Reveals Herzog to be witty, compassionate, microscopically observant and?your call?either maniacally determined or admirably persevering. * Los Angeles Times *
Hypnotic…Any book by Mr. Herzog…turns his devotees into cryptographers. It is ever tempting to try to fathom his restless spirit and his determination to challenge fate. * New York Times *
Reveals Herzog to be witty, compassionate, microscopically observant and - your call - either maniacally determined or admirably persevering. * Los Angeles Times *
About The Author
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog has produced, written, and directed more than seventy feature and documentary films, including the multi-award-winning Grizzly Man, Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, My Best Fiend, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Nosferatu, Lessons of Darkness, Little Dieter Needs to Fly, Into the Inferno, Meeting Gorbachev, and Encounters at the End of the World.
He has also directed many operas and published more than a dozen books of prose, including Conquest of the Useless, Of Walking on Ice, The Twilight World, and, most recently, his acclaimed memoir, Every Man for Himself and God against All.
In 2025, he was awarded a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice International Film Festival.
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