Of Walking in Ice: Munich - Paris: 23 November - 14 December, 1974A poetic meditation on life and death, by one of the most renowned and respected film-makers and intellectuals of our time. In November 1974, when Werner Herzog was told that his mentor Lotte Eisner, the film-maker and critic, was dying in Paris, he set off to walk there from Munich, âe~in full faith, believing that she would stay alive if I came on footâe(tm). Along the way he recorded what he saw, how he felt, and what he experienced, from the physical discomfort of the journey to moments of rapture. It is a remarkable narrative âe" part pilgrimage, part meditation, and a confrontation between a great German Romantic imagination and the contemporary world. This edition of the book is being published for the first time as a classic piece of proto-psychogeography, to coincide with the fortieth anniversary of the legendary directorâe(tm)s walk. |
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User Review - PDCRead - LibraryThingOn hearing that Lotte Eisner, the film-maker and critic, was dying, Werner Herzog made the sudden decision that he would walk from Munich to Paris where she was in the hospital. For some reason, he ... Read full review
OF WALKING IN ICE: Munich-Paris, 23 November-14 December 1974
User Review - KirkusDiary of a passionate quest.In 1974, when he was 32, acclaimed film director, writer, and producer Herzog (Conquest of the Useless: Reflections from the Making of Fitzcarraldo, 2010, etc.) set out on ... Read full review
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| Title | Of Walking in Ice: Munich - Paris: 23 November - 14 December, 1974 Vintage Classics |
| Author | Werner Herzog |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House, 2014 |
| ISBN | 1784870374, 9781784870379 |
| Length | 80 pages |
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