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"Herzog, Werner"
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"Herzog, Werner"
Mar-16-00, 10:01 PM (GMT-5)
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(hair'-tsohk) Werner Herzog is the professional name of Werner H. Stipetic, b. 1942, a German filmmaker known for his eye for remote, exotic scenery and his attraction for extremes of character: the mad Amazon explorer Aguirre (Aguirre, the Wrath of God, 1973); the mute isolate Kasper Hauser (The Mystery of Kasper Hauser, 1975); dwarfs and midgets (Even Dwarfs Started Small, 1970); or men in the grip of obsession (Fitzcarraldo, 1982). Herzog writes the screenplays for all of his films. His large output includes a number of documentaries, the most admired of which have been Land of Silence and Darkness (1971), about the life of a blind, deaf woman; and La Soufriere (1977), a portrait of an abandoned region near a smoldering volcano in Guadaloupe.Bibliography: Eder, Richard, "New Visionary in German Films," New York Times Magazine, July 10, 1977.
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