{"product_id":"aguirre-the-wrath-of-god-by-eric-ames-9781844577538","title":"Aguirre, the Wrath of God","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEric Ames draws on original archival research to provide fresh perspectives on Werner Herzog's breakthrough 1972 film, \u003ci\u003eAguirre, the Wrath of God\u003c\/i\u003e (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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmes 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 …\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmes reconstructs the film as an experiment in visualising the past from the viewpoint of the present. \u003ci\u003eAguirre\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eAguirre\u003c\/i\u003e as a seminal film about the madness and hopelessness of Western striving.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PTY Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46797579682028,"sku":"9781844577538","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/20588623482844.jpg?v=1757156305","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/aguirre-the-wrath-of-god-by-eric-ames-9781844577538","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}