Reviews
Reveals Herzog to be witty, compassionate, microscopically observant and--your call--either maniacally determined or admirably persevering., Reveals Herzog to be witty, compassionate, microscopically observant and-your call-either maniacally determined or admirably persevering., Those who haven't encountered Herzog on screen will undoubtedly be drawn in by the director's lyricism, while cinephiles will relish the opportunity to retrace the steps of one on the medium's masters.|9780061575532|, “Stands alone as a compellingly gonzo piece of reportage. . . . As a read, Conquest flies along—but not because it’s especially plotty. Rather, it gathers its kick from the spectacle of a celebrity director escaping the late–’70s famescape into his own obsessions.�, Those who haven't encountered Herzog on screen will undoubtedly be drawn in by the director's lyricism, while cinephiles will relish the opportunity to retrace the steps of one on the medium's masters., Urgent and compelling...A valuable historical record and a strangely stylish, hypnotic literary work., 'As the book makes abundantly clear, this isn't the jungle promoted by organizers of eco-tours: It's a place of absurdity, cruelty and squalor; of incompetence and grotesquery; of poisonous snakes and insects from a fever dream; of Indians armed with poisoned arrows and Indians who craftily use the media. Hazards abound: greedy officials, deranged actors and drunken helpers... What transpires in the jungle, combined with his native astringency, moves [Herzog] to a curdled poetry, to ecstasies of loathing and disgust. . . . Much of Herzog's focus here is intensely physical, but he is also an imaginative cultural observer.' (San Francisco Chronicle), "Hypnotic...Any book by Mr. Herzog...turns his devotees into cryptographers. It is ever tempting to try to fathom his restless spirit and his determination to challenge fate." -- Janet Maslin, New York Times "Reveals Herzog to be witty, compassionate, microscopically observant and--your call--either maniacally determined or admirably persevering." -- Los Angeles Times "Stands alone as a compellingly gonzo piece of reportage. . . . As a read, Conquest flies along--but not because it's especially plotty. Rather, it gathers its kick from the spectacle of a celebrity director escaping the late-'70s famescape into his own obsessions." -- Time Out New York "Those who haven't encountered Herzog on screen will undoubtedly be drawn in by the director's lyricism, while cinephiles will relish the opportunity to retrace the steps of one on the medium's masters." -- Publishers Weekly "Urgent and compelling. . . . A valuable historical record and a strangely stylish, hypnotic literary work." -- Kirkus Reviews, Stands alone as a compellingly gonzo piece of reportage...As a read, Conquest flies along-but not because it's especially plotty. Rather, it gathers its kick from the spectacle of a celebrity director escaping the late-'70s famescape into his own obsessions., Hypnotic...Any book by Mr. Herzog...turns his devotees into cryptographers. It is ever tempting to try to fathom his restless spirit and his determination to challenge fate., Stands alone as a compellingly gonzo piece of reportage. . . . As a read, Conquest flies along-but not because it's especially plotty. Rather, it gathers its kick from the spectacle of a celebrity director escaping the late'70s famescape into his own obsessions., Reveals [Herzog] to be witty, compassionate, microscopically observant and--your call--either maniacally determined or admirably persevering., Urgent and compelling. . . . A valuable historical record and a strangely stylish, hypnotic literary work., Stands alone as a compellingly gonzo piece of reportage. . . . As a read, Conquest flies along--but not because it's especially plotty. Rather, it gathers its kick from the spectacle of a celebrity director escaping the late-'70s famescape into his own obsessions.
