Friday, June 26, 7 PM
Werner Herzog, author of Conquest of the Useless: Reflections from the Making of Fitzcarraldo (Ecco)
Visionary filmmaker Werner Herzog stands out as one of contemporary cinema’s true auteurs and his Fitzcarraldo, for which he won the Outstanding Director Prize at 1982’s Cannes Film Festival, is widely regarded as a masterpiece. In Conquest of the Useless, Herzog shares the journals he kept during the grueling Fitzcarraldo shoot in the Amazon rainforest. Far from a traditional “making of” account, this gripping narrative unfolds in an impressionistic fashion, providing glimpses of what Herzog calls “interior landscapes, born of the delirium of the jungle.” The celebrated director, writer, and producer will discuss his work and sign books.
