{"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\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517904418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2018 pg. 98\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Werner Herzog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52122337378485,"sku":"9781517904418","price":19.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_6aed7ef3-e0af-46f8-a014-6c75f48f3386.jpg?v=1766512605","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/scenarios-ii-signs-of-life-even-dwarfs-started-small-fata-morgana-heart-of-glass-9781517904418","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}