The Future of Truth, 9781847928405
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Uncover hidden truths beyond facts: Herzog’s poetic exploration of reality.
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The Future of Truth

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  • Hardcover

    128 pages

  • Release Date

    20 October 2025

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Summary

The Ecstatic Truth: Werner Herzog on Fact, Fiction, and the Poetic Imagination

A timely and compelling meditation on the nature of truth and lies, fact and fiction, by the legendary filmmaker and global cultural icon.

What if a lie is told to reveal some underlying truth? Are feelings that seem inappropriate, such as hysteria following the death of a celebrity, any less true than the grief we feel over the death of a loved one? Even if the plot of an opera seems preposterous…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781847928405
ISBN-10:1847928404
Author:Werner Herzog
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Imprint:The Bodley Head Ltd
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:128
Release Date:20 October 2025
Weight:500g
Dimensions:204mm x 132mm x 25mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

** PRAISE FOR WERNER HERZOG **Herzog is in a category of one. You can’t believe that a person like this stalks the earth. A complete original

– Marina HydeVisionary * New Statesman *Herzog really is a kind of genius * Spectator *A singular poet * Big Issue *Werner Herzog has always seemed to be something more than human * Irish Times *

About The Author

Werner Herzog

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.

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