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Werner Herzog in conversation with Karen Beckman at Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, October 25, 2007, Slought Foundation presents ; presented in partnership with Cinema Studies Program and the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Pennsylvania ; Slought Foundation Archives ; produced by Aaron Levy and Nicola Gentili

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Werner Herzog in conversation with Karen Beckman at Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, October 25, 2007

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Slought Foundation presents ; presented in partnership with Cinema Studies Program and the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Pennsylvania ; Slought Foundation Archives ; produced by Aaron Levy and Nicola Gentili

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"Herzog has become one of the most influential filmmakers in the world producing, writing, and directing more than fifty films, publishing more than a dozen books of prose, and directing as many operas. Werner Herzog has created some of the most fantastic narratives in the history of cinema, pushing himself and his crew to unprecedented lengths to achieve the effects he demanded."--Container

Aliens as a fixture of our imagination -- On the ecstasy of ski-flying -- Vivisecting Faust -- Fundamental achievement of the human race -- Era of solitude -- On reading one's audience correctly -- Buster Keaton and Fred Astair [sic] -- On Romanticism and the consolations of art and literature -- The manly man: Hollywood and post-pubescence -- Questions

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On the ecstasy of ski-flying, Werner Herzog in conversation with Karen Beckman