Conquest of the Useless - Fever Dreams in the Jungle

Werner Herzog has produced, written and directed more than fifty feature and documentary films, including the multi-award-winning Grizzly Man , Aguirre , The Wrath of God , Fitzcarraldo , My Best Fiend , Cave of Forgotten Dreams , Nosferatu , Lessons of Darkness , Littler Dieter Needs To Fly , Into the Inferno , Meeting Gorbachev and Encounters At The End of the World . He has also directed many operas and published more than a dozen books of prose including Conquest of the Useless and Of Walking In Ice . The Twilight World is his first book in decades.>

About the author

Werner Herzog has produced, written and directed more than seventy features and documentary films, including the multi-award-winning Grizzly Man, Aguirre, The Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, My Best Fiend, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Nosferatu, Lessons of Darkness, Little Dieter Needs to Fly, Into the Inferno, Meeting Gorbachev and Encounters at the End of the World.

He has also directed many operas and published more than a dozen books of prose, including Conquest of the Useless, Of Walking on Ice, The Twilight World and, most recently, his acclaimed memoir, Every Man for Himself and God against All.

In 2025 he was awarded a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice International Film Festival.

Product details

• Authors: Werner Herzog, Herzog Werner
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.02.2025
• EAN: 9781784879785
• ISBN: 978-1-78487-978-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre > Biographies, autobiographies; South America, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / General, Diaries, letters and journals, c 1980 to c 1989, Cinema Industry, Individual Film Directors, Film-Makers, Film: styles and genres, Filmmaking and production: technical and background skills, Film, television, radio and performing arts: companion works