{"product_id":"scenarios-ii-signs-of-life-even-dwarfs-started-small-fata-morgana-heart-of-glass-9781517904418","title":"Scenarios II: Signs of Life; Even Dwarfs Started Small; Fata Morgana; Heart of Glass","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe second in a series: the master filmmaker's prose scenarios for four of his notable films\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the first day of editing \u003ci\u003eFata Morgana\u003c\/i\u003e, Werner Herzog recalls, his editor said: \"With this kind of material we have to pretend to invent cinema.\" And this, Herzog says, is what he tries to do every day. In this second volume of his scenarios, the peerless filmmaker's genius for invention is on clear display. Written in Herzog's signature fashion--more prose poem than screenplay, transcribing the vision unfolding before him as if in a dream--the four scenarios here (three never before translated into English) reveal an iconoclastic craftsman at the height of his powers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong with his template for the film poem \u003ci\u003eFata Morgana\u003c\/i\u003e (1971), this volume includes the scenarios for Herzog's first two feature films, \u003ci\u003eSigns of Life\u003c\/i\u003e (1968) and \u003ci\u003eEven Dwarfs Started Small\u003c\/i\u003e (1970), along with the hypnotic \u003ci\u003eHeart of Glass\u003c\/i\u003e (1976). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a brief introduction, Herzog describes the circumstances surrounding each scenario, inviting readers into the mysterious process whereby one man's vision becomes every viewer's waking dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10435560\"\u003eWerner Herzog\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517904418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517904412\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PER\"\u003ePerforming Arts\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PER016000\"\u003eScreenplays\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PER\"\u003ePerforming Arts\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PER018000\"\u003eIndividual Director\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWerner Herzog has produced, written, and directed more than seventy films, including \u003ci\u003eNosferatu the Vampyre\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAguirre, the Wrath of God\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFitzcarraldo\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eGrizzly Man\u003c\/i\u003e. He grew up in a remote mountain village in Bavaria and now lives in Los Angeles. His books include \u003ci\u003eOf Walking in Ice\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eScenarios\u003c\/i\u003e, both from Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKrishna Winston is Marcus L. Taft Professor of German Language and Literature at Wesleyan University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43283095650541,"sku":"9781517904418","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_b9f80db6-0010-4fa9-bb9c-e2c9035a52f3.jpg?v=1662357895","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/scenarios-ii-signs-of-life-even-dwarfs-started-small-fata-morgana-heart-of-glass-9781517904418","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}