Aguirre, the Wrath of God

Eric Ames

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BFI Publishing
15 July 2016

Film theory & criticism; Individual film directors, film-makers; Film movie guides & reviews; Biography: arts & entertainment

Series: BFI Film Classics

Eric Ames draws on original archival research to provide fresh perspectives on Werner Herzog's breakthrough 1972 film, Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes), which portrays an expedition by Spanish conquistadors led by Aguirre (played by Klaus Kinski) to find the legendary city of El Dorado.

Ames explores how the film is remembered: for its breathtaking visual style and narrative power, but also for Herzog's tense, behind-the-scenes relationship with star Kinski. Did Herzog really direct him at gunpoint? Did they plot each other's murder? The legends begin here …

Ames reconstructs the film as an experiment in visualising the past from the viewpoint of the present. Aguirre is not a history film in the narrow sense, but it does engage a specific episode in the conquest of the New World, and it explores that history in terms of vision. Interweaving close analysis with extensive archival research, Ames explores Aguirre as a seminal film about the madness and hopelessness of Western striving. In addition, as an appendix, he offers for the first time a complete translation of an infamous, secretly recorded argument between Herzog and Kinski on the set.

By: Eric Ames
Imprint: BFI Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 1st ed. 2016
Dimensions: Height: 190mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 6mm
Weight: 174g
ISBN: 9781844577538
ISBN 10: 1844577538
Series: BFI Film Classics
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 15 July 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgments.- 1. Visionary History.- 2. The Descent.- 3. Assembling the Troops.- 4. Visions of the World.- 5. The Act of Conquest.- 6. Into the Quiet.- 7. Hallucination.- 8. Aguirre Lives.- Appendix: Shooting with Kinski.- Notes.- Credits.

Eric Ames is Professor of Comparative Literature, Cinema and Media at the University of Washington, USA. He is the editor of Werner Herzog: Interviews (2014) and the author of Ferocious Reality: Documentary according to Werner Herzog (2012).

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Aguirre, the Wrath of God

Eric Ames

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