
Ecstatic Journeys Huie’s Sermon Bells from the Deep PilgrimageĤ. Moving Landscapes The Dark Glow of the Mountains Fata Morgana La Soufrière Lessons of Darkness Wheel of Timeģ. Sensational Bodies Game in the Sand Handicapped Future Land of Silence and Darkness WodaabeĢ. Introduction: Werner Herzog, Documentary Outsider Werner Herzog Eats His Shoeġ. PN1998.3.H477A63 2012 070.1'8-dc23 2012030014 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer.

Herzog, Werner, 1942-Criticism and interpretation. (Visible evidence 27) Includes bibliographical references and index. Ferocious reality : documentary according to Werner Herzog / Eric Ames. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ames, Eric. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Copyright 2012 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota All rights reserved. The Minnesota Declaration copyright by Werner Herzog.

Part of chapter 5 was previously published as “The Case of Herzog: Re-opened,” in A Companion to Werner Herzog, ed. 2 (2009): 49–69 copyright 2009 by the University of Texas Press all rights reserved. A portion of chapter 2 was previously published as “Herzog, Landscape, and Documentary,” Cinema Journal 48, no. The University of Minnesota Press gratefully acknowledges financial assistance provided for the publication of this book from the Department of Germanics, University of Washington. University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis


JAPANESE DOCUMENTARY FILM: THE MEIJI ERA THROUGH HIROSHIMAįEROCIOUS REALITY Documentary according to Werner Herzog ERIC AMES Visible Evidence 27 SHIMMERING SCREENS: MAKING MEDIA IN AN ABORIGINAL COMMUNITYįOREST OF PRESSURE: OGAWA SHINSUKE AND POSTWAR JAPANESE DOCUMENTARYį IS FOR PHONY: FAKE DOCUMENTARY AND TRUTH’S UNDOINGĪlexandra Juhasz and Jesse Lerner, Editors 16 THE RIGHT TO PLAY ONESELF: LOOKING BACK ON DOCUMENTARY FILMĬIRCUITS OF CULTURE: MEDIA, POLITICS, AND INDIGENOUS IDENTITY IN THE ANDES VISIBLE EVIDENCE Michael Renov, Faye Ginsburg, and Jane Gaines, Series Editors 27įEROCIOUS REALITY: DOCUMENTARY ACCORDING TO WERNER HERZOGĬREATING THE WITNESS: GENOCIDE IN THE AGE OF FILM, VIDEO, AND THE INTERNETĬINEMA’S ALCHEMIST: THE FILMS OF PÉTER FORGÁCSīill Nichols and Michael Renov, Editors 24 Introduction: Werner Herzog, Documentary Outsider
